Yearly Archives: 2025

New research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds to growing evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness. Source: [Anne Trafton | MIT News, April 7, 2025] Immune molecules called cytokines play important roles in the body’s defense against infection, helping to control inflammation and coordinating the responses of other immune […]

Molecules that fight infection also act on the brain, inducing ...

Associate Professor Evelina Fedorenko is working to decipher the internal structure and functions of the brain’s language-processing machinery. Source: Anne Trafton | MIT News | April 2, 2025 As a young girl growing up in the former Soviet Union, Evelina Fedorenko PhD ’07 studied several languages, including English, as her mother hoped […]

Looking under the hood at the brain’s language system

Source: [Picower News | David Orenstein, February 18, 2025] New research adds evidence that learning a successful strategy for approaching a task doesn’t prevent further exploration, even if it reduces performance. Maybe it’s a life hack or a liability, or a little of both. A surprising result in a new […]

Even after learning the right idea, humans and animals still ...

Source: McGovern News | Julie Pryor, January 23, 2025] The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced today that McGovern Investigator Evelina Fedorenko will receive a 2025 Troland Research Award for her groundbreaking contributions towards understanding the language network in the human brain. The Troland Research Award is given annually to recognize unusual achievement by early-career […]

Evelina Fedorenko receives Troland Award from National Academy of Sciences