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·July 21, 2022·4 min read

Robots Learn Household Tasks by Watching Humans

A new robotic system can learn directly from human interaction videos and generalize the information at the task being completed. This makes the robot well suited to learn household chores effectively and efficiently.

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·July 11, 2022·3 min read

Drinking Alone Foreshadows Future Alcohol Problems

Adolescents and young adults who drink alone are at greater risk of developing alcohol use disorder later in life.

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·May 27, 2022·5 min read

How Abstract Concepts Are Represented in the Brain Across Cultures and Languages

Researchers explore the impact of different cultures and languages on the development of abstract thoughts in the brain, reporting those who grew up in different cultures and speak different languages form abstract concepts in the same brain region.

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·March 10, 2022·5 min read

Sensing Signals in Paralyzed Muscles

Researchers explore the use of myoelectric signals to detect intended hand gestures in patients with tetraplegia.

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·March 1, 2022·4 min read

Disentangling Interactions Across Brain Areas

Feedforward and feedback signaling involves different neural activity patterns. The findings shed new light on how the brain processes visual information.

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·October 13, 2021·3 min read

Does the Brain Learn in the Same Way That Machines Learn?

Relating machine learning to biological learning, researchers say while the two approaches aren't interchangeable, they can be harnessed to offer insights into how the human brain works.

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·October 11, 2021·7 min read

Teaching Ancient Brains New Tricks: Study Shows How Modern Physicists Think

Evaluating the brains of modern physicists, researchers shed light on how the brain organizes highly abstract scientific concepts.

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·October 7, 2021·4 min read

More Precise Deep Brain Stimulation Shows Promise for Parkinson’s Patients

A new, improved DBS technique that targets specific subpopulations of neurons in the globus pallidus with short bursts of stimulation shows promising results as a treatment for Parkinson's disease.