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·May 28, 2020·3 min read

‘Knowing how’ is in your brain

Artificial intelligence reveals how the brain programs procedural knowledge.

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·June 26, 2017·3 min read

‘Mind Reading’ Technology Decodes Complex Thoughts

Researchers report they can use brain activation patterns to identify complex thoughts. Their findings suggest the building blocks for complex human thoughts are not word based, but formed by the brain's sub systems. The study provides evidence that the neural dimensions of concept representation are universal across people and languages.

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·July 25, 2017·4 min read

A Computer That Reads Body Language

A new computer system is able to see hand poses and track multiple people in real time. Researchers say that being able to detect nuances of non-verbal communication, robots will be better able to perceive what humans around them are doing.

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·June 2, 2020·3 min read

A remote control for neurons

Researchers synthesized 3D fuzzy graphene on a nanowire template to create new material for photothermally stimulating cells.

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·November 15, 2016·4 min read

A Way to Fingerprint the Brain

Researchers use a new imaging technique to confirm structural connections in the brain are unique to each person.

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·March 20, 2017·4 min read

Adult Subcortex Processes Numbers With the Same Skill as Infants

According to researchers, the adult subcortex processes numbers at the same level of skill as infants.

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·December 4, 2017·4 min read

Advances to Brain-Interface Technology Provide Clearer Insight Into Visual System Than Ever Before

Researchers report a new EEG system is capable of capturing more information from the visual cortex than previous versions of the same system.

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·July 22, 2025·7 min read

AI Chatbots Overestimate Themselves, and Don’t Realize It

AI chatbots often overestimate their own abilities and fail to adjust even after performing poorly, a new study finds. Researchers compared human and AI confidence in trivia, predictions, and image recognition tasks, showing humans can recalibrate while AI often grows more overconfident.

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·February 7, 2018·3 min read

AI Makes Conversational Agents Smarter

Researchers have developed a new conversational AI agent that uses human input to learn. The system, named Evorus, is simultaneously trained by humans and this, researchers report, will gradually make it less dependent on people for learning.

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·July 15, 2026·11 min read

Aligning Brain Waves and Machine Learning

By explicitly linking reinforcement-driven human neuroplasticity with gradient-based decoder optimization, the framework unifies biological trial-and-error learning with mathematical machine learning loops.

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·May 23, 2023·4 min read

Basal Ganglia Pathway Key to Learning, Not Motor Control

In a radical shift from the past 30 years of neuroscience, researchers have discovered that the basal ganglia, a crucial part of the brain involved in motor control and learning, plays a more significant role in learning than previously thought. Contradicting long-standing beliefs, the study shows that the "indirect pathway" in the basal ganglia drives learning rather than motor control.