麦戈文脑研究所是一个由麻省理工学院神经科学家组成的社区，致力于应对现代科学的两大挑战：了解大脑的工作原理以及发现预防或治疗脑部疾病的新方法。我们的科学家正在推进技术前沿，以了解大脑如何学习、记忆和感知世界。他们正在发现这些功能如何被疾病破坏，并寻找治疗疾病的新方法。他们甚至利用对大脑的这种理解来开发和改进神经网络。
麦戈文研究所由技术企业家Lore Harp McGovern和已故的国际数据集团 (IDG) 前主席Patrick J. McGovern于 2000 年成立。我们的主任是麻省理工学院 Doris and Don Berkey 神经科学教授、美国国家心理健康研究所前校内研究负责人Robert Desimone 。麦戈文研究所已从六名创始教员发展为 20 多名杰出的研究人员，其中包括一名诺贝尔奖获得者和八名美国国家科学院院士。

The McGovern Brain Institute is a community of MIT neuroscientists dedicated to tackling two of the great challenges of modern science: understanding how the brain works and discovering new ways to prevent or treat brain diseases. Our scientists are pushing the frontiers of technology to understand how the brain learns, remembers and perceives the world. They are discovering how these functions can be disrupted by disease and looking for new ways to treat it. They have even used this understanding of the brain to develop and improve neural networks.
The McGovern Institute was founded in 2000 by technology entrepreneur Lore Harp McGovern and the late Patrick J. McGovern, former chairman of the International Data Group (IDG). Our director is Robert Desimone, the Doris and Don Berkey Professor of Neuroscience at MIT and former intramural research director at the National Institute of Mental Health. The McGovern Institute has grown from six founding faculty members to more than 20 distinguished researchers, including a Nobel Laureate and eight members of the National Academy of Sciences.