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How music lessons can improve language skills

June 25, 2018

How music lessons can improve language skills

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Many studies have shown that musical training can enhance language skills.

MIT scientists discover fundamental rule of brain plasticity

June 22, 2018

MIT scientists discover fundamental rule of brain plasticity

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Our brains are famously flexible, or “plastic,” because neurons can do new things by forging new or stronger connections with other neurons.

How to control robots with brainwaves and hand gestures

June 19, 2018

How to control robots with brainwaves and hand gestures

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Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL

Getting robots to do things isn’t easy: Usually, scientists have to either explicitly program them or get them to understand how humans communicate via language.

20th USA Memory Championship Finals

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Special event

July 14, 2018

20th USA Memory Championship Finals

1:00pm to 5:30pm

How does the primate ventral visual stream causally support core object recognition?

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BCS

Thesis defense

June 18, 2018

How does the primate ventral visual stream causally support core object recognition?

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Speaker(s):

Rishi Rajalingham, DiCarlo Lab

MIT hosts University of Puerto Rico students after Hurricane Maria

June 11, 2018

MIT hosts University of Puerto Rico students after Hurricane Maria

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Elizabeth Durant | Office of the Vice Chancellor

Swanny Lamboy Rodriguez is not one to complain.

MIT announces leadership of its Quest for Intelligence

June 11, 2018

MIT announces leadership of its Quest for Intelligence

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MIT News Office

Antonio Torralba has been named the inaugural director of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, effective immediately, Provost Martin Schmidt announced today in an email to the MIT community.