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By studying the roundworm C. elegans, neuroscientist Steven Flavell explores how neural circuits give rise to behavior.

Yutao Gong, Brandon Man, and Andrii Zahorodnii will spend 2025-26 at Tsinghua University in China studying global affairs.

A new computational model explains how neurons linked to spatial navigation can also help store episodic memories.

Machine-learning models let neuroscientists study the impact of auditory processing on real-world hearing.

Place cells are known to encode individual locations, but research finds stitching together a “cognitive map” of a whole environment requires a broader ensemble of cells, aided by sleep, over several days.

Inspired by the mechanics of the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education.

McGovern Institute neuroscientists use children’s interests to probe language in the brain.

Four professors and an additional alumnus honored with nation’s highest awards for scientists and engineers; Moderna, with deep MIT roots, also recognized.

At a symposium of the Simons Center for the Social Brain, six speakers described a diversity of recently launched studies aimed at improving understanding of the autistic brain.