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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 ...
  • Constraints on vowel-zero alternations in Hungarian 

    Takács, Dóra Kata (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-09)
    I analyze a large set of Hungarian nominal stems whose last vowel alternates with zero in certain contexts (Vago (1980), Siptár & Törkenczy (2000)): e.g. bokor [bokor], bokr-ok [bokr-ok]. I argue that the mechanism underlying ...
  • Co-optation of B Cell Developmental States in Malignancy and Autoimmunity 

    Ramseier, Michelle L. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-02)
    Transcriptional states provide a useful lens for understanding the diversity of cell identity and function. Cell state is regulated through both cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic mechanisms, and can diversify through tightly ...

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