Our mission is to understand the brain and to apply that knowledge to improve human health and well-being.
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New research from @rebecca_saxe shows that our expectations about generosity fundamentally shift based on relationship dynamics. mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/06/13/…
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The Open Mind study @mitpress by @aliciamchen @rebecca_saxe is out today: direct.mit.edu/opmi/article/…
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Congrats to Andrea de Varda for winning the 2026 Glushko Dissertation Prize! This highly competitive award recognizes outstanding young researchers in the field of cognitive science. Andrea studies how language is represented in human brains and machines. cognitivesciencesociety.org/…
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It's graduation season and we couldn't be more proud of our doctoral students and research scholars. Here are a few of our talented researchers celebrating with friends and family in Bldg 46 today. 🌺📷@mitbrainandcog
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Congratulations Dr Heiman! We look forward to continued collaboration with the Picower Institute under your leadership!
Myriam Heiman named the director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Heiman, who studies neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, will lead the institute beginning July 1. picower.mit.edu/news/myriam-… #neuroscience @ScienceMIT
ALT Myriam Heiman stands along blue glass windows in MIT's Building 46
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What makes us human? How do we remember? Why do we forget? Can we understand the brain enough to heal it?
These are just some of the questions our curious researchers are trying to answer. #CuriosityOnAMission
Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible until they weren’t. #CuriosityOnAMission
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The brain’s language network is still evolving in adolescence. But by age four, language-processing is already handled by the left side of the brain, according to a collaborative McGovern study.
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The @NatureComms study by @ev_fedorenko @gabrieli_john @rebecca_saxe and @olaozpa is out today: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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McGovern researchers have developed a new sensor which can brighten or dim MRI signals in response to specific molecular targets -- a potential tool for brain-wide imaging, as well as imaging targets in the peripheral nervous system or other tissues.
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ALT Molecular structure of the newly developed MRI sensor.
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The @natBME paper, led by Alan Jasanoff, Sayani Das, and Jacob Cyert Simon, is out today. nature.com/articles/s41551-0…
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Using a powerful shrinking technique, researchers in Ed Boyden's lab have designed nanotechnology devices that could be used for optical computing and other applications involving the manipulation of visible light. mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/05/12/…
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The @NaturePhotonics paper by co-lead authors Quansan Yang and Gaojie Yang and senior authors @eboyden3 and Peter So, is out today 👇nature.com/articles/s41566-0…
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Wonderful to see these @mitbrainandcog students out in the community!
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100 #MIT students in the BrainTrust club are putting their analytical minds to work where it counts: supporting local residents with brain injuries through their buddy program. Learn more: tinyurl.com/5bfytcuk
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It's PhD defense season and we have another newly minted Doctor to celebrate! Congrats to Rajib Mondal of @AnikeevaLab for successfully defending his research on the gut-brain connection! @mit_hst @mitbrainandcog @YangTanColl
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Congrats to MIT scientists Sven Dorkenwald and Whitney Henry for being named 2026 Searle Scholars, an award given annually to 15 exceptional early-career researchers in the fields of biomedical sciences and chemistry!
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We are delighted to share that McGovern Investigators Michale Fee and Fan Wang have been elected to the @theNASciences for their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
Learn more about their groundbreaking work 👇
mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/04/30/… @mitbrainandcog
ALT Portraits of two scientists side by side. The male scientist on the left, Michale Fee, is wearing a white button down shirt and the female scientist on the right, Fan Wang, is wearing a black sweater. Both are smiling for the camera.
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We are so excited to announce that PhD student @SadieZacharek crushed her thesis defense today - congrats on all of your hard work, Dr. Zacharek, we always knew you could do it. We can't wait to see what's next for you! @MITBrainStudy @mitbrainandcog
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Meet Cindy Li, a clinical psychologist who coordinates the involvement of participants in autism research at MIT and ensures that our studies run smoothly for everyone involved. #AutismAwarenessDay
Learn more about Cindy and autism research at MIT: autismresearch.mit.edu/
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MIT researchers have developed a “living implant” that uses muscle to restore function to weakened organs—potentially offering an alternative to mechanical devices and transplants.
MIT news story👇
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ALT Three researchers stand on a makeshft staircase in a bionics lab setting.
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The @NatureComms paper by @hughherr @Guillermonics HyungeunSong @medialab @YangTanColl is out today 👇nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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