FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 21, 2016·7 min readOur Brains Have a Basic Algorithm That Enables Our IntelligenceResearchers report relatively simple math logic underlies complex brain computations.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 16, 2016·3 min readNew AI Algorithm Taught By Humans Learns Beyond Its TrainingAccording to researchers, a new machine learning training method can enable neural networks to learn directly from human-defined rules.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 7, 2016·7 min readHuman Behavior Study Identifies Four Basic Personality Types90 percent of the population can be classified into one of four main personality types, and of those, 30 percent fall under the envious personality type, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2016·5 min readTeaching Computers to Identify OdorsResearchers use machine learning algorithms to train a computer to recognize the neural patters associated with various odors.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurology·September 16, 2016·6 min readComputer Program Beats Doctors at Distinguishing Brain Tumors from Radiation ChangesAccording to a new study, a computer program was almost twice as accurate as neuroradiologists in determining whether abnormal brain tissue seen on an MRI scan was due to radiation or brain cancer.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 13, 2016·6 min readBrain Network That Controls Spread of Seizures IdentifiedResearchers created a computer model based on direct brain recordings from epilepsy patients and discover the existence of a network of neural regions directly involved in seizures.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 8, 2016·4 min readWatch and Learn: Brain Cells That Help Us Learn by Watching IdentifiedResearchers report they have identified individual neurons in the brain that support observational learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 12, 2016·4 min readLarge Human Brain Evolved as a Result of ‘Sizing Each Other Up’Researchers propose the human brain is disproportionately large as a result of sizing one another up in large cooperative social groups.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·June 28, 2016·2 min readNew Framework Uses Patterns to Predict Terrorist BehaviorA new algorithm is able to predict future terror attacks by recognizing patterns from past attacks.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·May 24, 2016·5 min readCrowdsourcing Contest of Data From Dogs and Humans Advances Seizure ForecastingTeams of data scientists use crowdsourcing to analyze recordings of electrical activity in the brains of people and dogs before and during seizures.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 18, 2016·3 min readHow Your Brain Learns to Ride the SubwayResearchers investigate how the human brain implements hierarchical structures in order to design more clever algorithms for machine learning.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 11, 2016·4 min readAlgorithms to Detect Epileptic SeizuresResearchers have developed a prediction model that can warn of an epileptic seizure up to 20 minutes in advance.Read More
