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Entering an unfamiliar place provides the chance to make a new memory.

Humans can perform a vast array of mental operations and adjust their behavioral responses based on external instructions and internal beliefs.

Senior Annamarie Bair was determined to become a medical doctor when she arrived at MIT from the Midwest nearly four years ago.

The School of Science has announced that six members of its faculty have been granted tenure by MIT.

This year’s newly tenured associate professors are:

Through compelling personal stories and dramatic research evidence, speakers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory’s recent “Early Life Stress and Mental Health” symposium showed that people are making prog

People with a gene variant called APOE4 have a higher risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease: APOE4 is three times more common among Alzheimer’s patients than it is among the general population.

Two members of the MIT faculty were named Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators today.

A study by MIT researchers has uncovered a new way of telling how well people are learning English: tracking their eyes.

Eight MIT students and recent alumni have been named winners of Fulbright U.S. Student Program research awards. An additional student received an award but declined the grant to pursue other opportunities.

"Yanny" or "Laurel?" Discussion around this auditory version of "The Dress" has divided the internet