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- Engineering Systems Division
- Harvard-MIT Program of Health Sciences and Technology
- Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
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- Operations Research Center
- Science, Technology & Society
- Sloan School of Management
- Technology and Policy Program
Recent Submissions
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Essays on attention and creative thought
(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
(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
(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 ...