Faculty at MIT and beyond respond forcefully to an article critical of Suzanne Corkin
More than 200 members of the scientific community sign a letter supporting the late MIT neuroscientist; department head issues a statement.
Exploring networks efficiently
Analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication.
Teaching machines to predict the future
Deep-learning vision system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab anticipates human interactions using videos of TV shows.
![“Children seem to interpret disjunction like conjunction,” observes MIT Linguistics Professor Danny Fox. However, Fox adds, although “it has been claimed children are very different from adults in the interpretation of logical words,” the study’s larger implication is almost the opposite — namely that “the child is [otherwise] identical to the adult, but there is a very small paramet...](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201605/MIT-Language-Acquisition.jpg?itok=tYsyxezn)
Why children confuse simple words
Study: Kids have “and/or” problem despite sophisticated reasoning.
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Neuroscientists discover a gene that controls worms’ behavioral state
Gene required for the control of behavioral state is also found in humans, may be linked to autism.
Watch your tone
Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.
Smarter driving, using your phone
App that rates drivers’ behavior yields promising safety results on the road.
Study: Climate strategy focused on local impacts is most effective with Americans
In a recent talk at MIT, David Konisky PhD '06 explains that the term "global warming" leaves many Americans cold.
MRIs for a more peaceful world
Neuroscientists and political scientists join together to advance peace and reconciliation.
MIT researchers find where visual memories are made
Discovery could lead to new treatments for cognitive disorders including autism and schizophrenia.
When good people do bad things
Being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal moral beliefs, researchers find.
Brain waves encode rules for behavior
Fluctuations in electrical activity may also allow the brain to form thoughts and memories.
3 Questions: Evelyn Fox Keller on the nature-nurture debates
In a new book, prominent historian of science dismisses the ‘unanswerable’ question of whether heredity or the environment matter more in human development.