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MIT neuroscientists found that patients who develop schizophrenia show abnormally high levels of communication between the superior temporal gyrus (brown) and the limbic regions (green).

Brain activity pattern may be early sign of schizophrenia

In a study that might enable earlier diagnosis, neuroscientists find abnormal brain connections that can predict onset of psychotic episodes.

November 8, 2018

BSU members began helping recruit black students in 1968. In 1972, assistant director of admissions John A. Mims and two MIT student guides (left) welcomed students visiting from 23 high schools.

The BSU at 50

The Black Students’ Union marks a half-century of making MIT more diverse.

October 30, 2018

Earl Miller presents a new model of working memory at a recent Picower Institute symposium

How working memory gets you through the day

A new model shows how brain waves are key to both maintenance and control of information in the mind.

October 24, 2018

According to a system developed at MIT, the most reliable way to detect fake news and biased reporting is to look at the common linguistic features across the source’s stories, including sentiment, complexity, and structure.

Detecting fake news at its source

Machine learning system aims to determine if an information outlet is accurate or biased.

October 4, 2018

Turning an economics education into solutions with impact

MITx MicroMasters learner Alan Al Yussef is working to improve lives in the Middle East through a career in development economics.

August 14, 2018

MIT researchers aim to improve the quality of life for patients suffering from glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer, with a machine-learning model that makes chemotherapy and radiotherapy dosing regimens less toxic but still as effective as human-designed regimens.

Artificial intelligence model “learns” from patient data to make cancer treatment less toxic

Machine-learning system determines the fewest, smallest doses that could still shrink brain tumors.

August 9, 2018

MIT Media Lab researchers have developed a machine-learning model that takes computers a step closer to interpreting our emotions as naturally as humans do. The model better captures subtle facial expression variations to better gauge moods. By using extra training data, the model can also be adapted to an entirely new group of people, with the same efficacy.

Helping computers perceive human emotions

Personalized machine-learning models capture subtle variations in facial expressions to better gauge how we feel.

July 24, 2018

AGNES, the Age Gain Now Empathy System developed at MIT AgeLab, a suit built to better understand the physical challenges associated with aging.

Challenge seeks innovations to improve wellbeing in aging populations

MIT AgeLab launches In Good Company global challenge in partnership with GE, Benchmark Senior Living, and the Massachusetts Council to Address Aging.

July 17, 2018

MIT undergraduate Mark Vrablic (standing, left) engages as the teaching assistant and mentor for a student group building a video game in a nine-day workshop that he helped design and publish on MIT’s OpenCourseWare along with Department of Materials Science and Engineering lecturer Kyle Keane and Andrew Ringler from the Interactive Materials Education Laboratory.

Bringing humanistic education in technical subjects to the world

Students and staff combine workshopping and OpenCourseWare to demonstrate human-centered pedagogies in the context of modern topics and technologies.

June 28, 2018

A new study from MIT has found that piano lessons have a very specific effect on kindergartners’ ability to distinguish different pitches, which translates into an improvement in discriminating between spoken words.

How music lessons can improve language skills

Study links piano education with better word discrimination by kindergartners.

June 25, 2018

Ravi Raju, a Picower Clinical Research Fellow, explains how gene expression differs as mice respond to circumstances modeling poverty.

Fighting toxic stress in children is tough but possible

Taking time to understand underlying causes of stress can help children escape debilitating health effects, symposium speakers argue.

May 31, 2018

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

Gauging language proficiency through eye movement

Study tracks eye movement to determine how well people understand English as a foreign language.

May 22, 2018

It’s often said that experience is the best teacher, but the experiences of other people may be even better.

Brain circuit helps us learn by watching others

Scientists pinpoint neural interactions that are necessary for observational learning.

May 3, 2018

Refugees taking DEDP courses will study the root causes of poverty, while also developing skills in economics and data analysis that will enable them to build data-driven approaches to help drive positive change.

Empowering refugees worldwide by providing tools for social change

New collaboration joins together MITx MicroMasters, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, and MIT Refugee Action Hub.

May 1, 2018

Cognitive scientists define critical period for learning language

Study shows children remain adept learners until the age of 17 or 18.