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    • Essays on attention and creative thought 

      Wang, Jocelyn Yuxing (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-09)
      In the mental life of an ordinary person, creative thoughts, as well as other non-rigid forms of thought, such as mind wandering, are both pervasive and important for our cognitive endeavors. The goal of my dissertation ...

    • Figuring the Middle Ground: A Search for Authorship in Perceiving China's COVID-19 Lockdowns 

      Zhang, San (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
      Witnessing and attempting to comprehend China’s controversial response to COVID-19 over the past three years from a geographically distant yet culturally and emotionally intimate standpoint, I have grappled with multiple ...

    • Topics in Marma (မာရမာ) 

      Marma, Rani Ukhengching (ဦး ချမ်း စိန် မာရမာ) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-09)
      Marma¹ an endangered indigenous language of Bangladesh, is spoken by approximately 200,000 Marma individuals residing in Bangladesh’s southern region called the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Marma language is closely related ...