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When it comes to language, context matters
December 10, 2025

When it comes to language, context matters

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Anne Trafton | MIT News
MIT researchers identified three cognitive skills that we use to infer what someone really means.
Too sick to socialize: How the brain and immune system promote staying in bed
December 9, 2025

Too sick to socialize: How the brain and immune system promote staying in bed

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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
MIT researchers discover how an immune system molecule triggers neurons to shut down social behavior in mice modeling infection.
Astrocyte diversity across space and time
December 8, 2025

Astrocyte diversity across space and time

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Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
A new atlas charts the diversity of an influential cell type in the brains of mice and marmosets.
Staying stable
December 3, 2025

Staying stable

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Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Whether they walk on two, four, or six legs, animals maintain stability by monitoring their body position and correcting errors with every step.
The cost of thinking
November 19, 2025

The cost of thinking

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Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
MIT neuroscientists find a surprising parallel in the ways humans and new AI models solve complex problems.
Symposium examines the neural circuits that keep us alive and well
November 19, 2025

Symposium examines the neural circuits that keep us alive and well

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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Seven speakers from around the country convened at MIT to describe some of the latest research on the neural mechanisms that we need to survive.
The science of consciousness
November 18, 2025

The science of consciousness

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Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Through the MIT Consciousness Club, professors Matthias Michel and Earl Miller are exploring how neurological activity gives rise to human experience.
Study suggests 40Hz sensory stimulation may benefit some Alzheimer’s patients for years
November 14, 2025

Study suggests 40Hz sensory stimulation may benefit some Alzheimer’s patients for years

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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Five volunteers received 40Hz stimulation for around two years after an early-stage clinical study. Those with late-onset Alzheimer’s performed better on assessments than Alzheimer’s patients outside the trial.
Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence
November 11, 2025

Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence

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Adam Zewe | MIT News
Associate Professor Phillip Isola studies the ways in which intelligent machines “think,” in an effort to safely integrate AI into human society.
MIT researchers invent new human brain model to enable disease research, drug discovery
November 5, 2025

MIT researchers invent new human brain model to enable disease research, drug discovery

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David Orenstein | Bendta Schroeder | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory | Koch Institute
Cultured from induced pluripotent stem cells, “miBrains” integrate all major brain cell types and model brain structures, cellular interactions, activity, and pathological features.
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