Credit where it’s due
MIT Sloan’s Christopher Palmer has produced new insights about household finance, thanks to razor-sharp empirical studies.
MIT Sloan’s Christopher Palmer has produced new insights about household finance, thanks to razor-sharp empirical studies.
Experiments find debate training boosts careers by enhancing assertiveness and communications techniques.
Philosopher Kevin Dorst’s work examines how we apply rational thought to everyday life.
New research adds evidence that learning a successful strategy for approaching a task doesn’t prevent further exploration, even if doing so reduces performance.
An MIT affiliate for some 60 years, Schneider was an authority on the relationships between brain structure and behavior.
By studying the roundworm C. elegans, neuroscientist Steven Flavell explores how neural circuits give rise to behavior.
McGovern Institute neuroscientists use children’s interests to probe language in the brain.
Philosopher Sam Berstler diagnoses the corrosive effects of not acknowledging troubling truths.
Researchers at MIT, NYU, and UCLA develop an approach to help evaluate whether large language models like GPT-4 are equitable enough to be clinically viable for mental health support.
A detailed new look at dopamine signaling suggests neuroscientists’ model of reinforcement learning may need to be revised.
The MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology Consortium provides data-driven insights into driver behavior, along with trust in AI and advanced vehicle technology.
The newly identified pathways appear to relay emotional information that helps to shape the motivation to take action.
In a lecture at MIT, Professor Adam Berinsky surveyed one of the thorniest ongoing problems in modern politics.
Professors Matthew Vander Heiden and Fan Wang, along with five MIT alumni, are honored for their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
The new study also identifies factors that can make these efforts more successful.