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Rebecca Saxe

Positions
John W. Jarve (1978) Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Associate Dean, School of Science

Synopsis

Synopsis

Rebecca Saxe studies the neural basis of abstract thought, including how we assess the mental states of other people.

Biography

Biography

Rebecca Saxe is the John W. Jarve (1978) Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Associate Dean of the School of Science. She is also a member of the McGovern Institute and the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines. Professor Saxe received her BA from Oxford University, and her PhD from MIT. Before joining the MIT faculty, she was a Junior Fellow in Harvard’s Society of Fellows. Professor Saxe has authored peer-reviewed papers on the cognitive neuroscience of social cognition, Theory of Mind, and moral judgment. Her TED talk has been viewed millions of times, and has been translated into 33 languages.