麦戈文脑研究所是麻省理工学院神经科学家的一个研究机构，致力于应对现代科学的挑战，了解大脑如何工作，发现预防或治疗脑部疾病的新方法。科学家了解大脑如何学习，记忆和感知世界，发现这些功能如何被疾病破坏，并寻找治疗疾病的新方法，甚至进一步利用对大脑的这种理解来发展和改进神经网络。
       研究所由Lore Harp McGovern和Patrick J. McGovern于2000年资助成立，隶属于麻省理工学院，主任是麻省理工学院神经科学教授Robert Desimone。麦戈文脑研究所已经从六名创始教员发展到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。研究所将各种背景和观点的人聚集在一起，研究健康和疾病的大脑。
       多元化和包容性的空间对科学的进步至关重要，麦戈文脑研究所致力于创造一种文明、合作和相互尊重的氛围，激励和支持所有麦戈文员工的工作，通过有意义的对话、合作和机构决策，加快发现的步伐，更深入地了解大脑的健康和疾病状况。研究所与记忆研究所、脑与认知科学系以及更广泛的麻省理工学院社区的同事合作，致力于建立一个多元化和充满活力的科学社区，努力创造一个更加多样化，公平和包容的未来。

The McGovern Brain Institute is a research institute of neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology dedicated to meeting the challenges of modern science, understanding how the brain works, and discovering new ways to prevent or treat brain diseases. Scientists understand how the brain learns, remembers, and perceives the world, discovers how these functions are disrupted by disease, and looks for new ways to treat disease, and even further leverages this understanding of the brain to develop and improve neural networks.

The Institute was founded in 2000 with funding from Lore Harp McGovern and Patrick J. McGovern and is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with the director being Robert Desimone, a professor of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The McGovern Brain 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. The Institute brings together people of a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to study the health and disease of the brain.

Diverse and inclusive spaces are critical to the advancement of science, and the McGovern Brain Institute is committed to creating an atmosphere of civility, cooperation, and mutual respect that inspires and supports the work of all McGovern employees to accelerate discovery and gain a deeper understanding of the health and disease conditions of the brain through meaningful dialogue, collaboration, and institutional decision-making. Working with colleagues at the Memory Institute, the Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, and the broader MIT community, the Institute is committed to building a diverse and vibrant science community that strives to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future.