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·December 11, 2015·5 min read

Computer System Passes Visual Turing Test

Researchers have developed a computer system with the ability to produce a variation of characters in an unfamiliar writing system. The symbols are indistinguishable from those created by humans.

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·December 8, 2015·3 min read

Alzheimer’s Accurately Detected By Computerized Language Analysis

A new computerize linguistic approach helps researchers diagnose Alzheimer's disease with more than 82 percent accuracy.

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·December 2, 2015·4 min read

Can You Tell if Your Therapist Has Empathy?

Researchers have developed new software that is able to detect a person's ability to understand and share feelings in therapy sessions.

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·November 23, 2015·5 min read

Measuring Dopamine in Parkinsons Patient’s Gives Insight Into How We Learn

Researchers measure dopamine release during surgery in Parkinson's patients and identify how rapid dopamine release encodes information critical to learning and decision making.

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·November 19, 2015·2 min read

Down the Rabbit Hole: Delving Into Language Processing in the Brain

Using neuroimaging and Alice in Wonderland, researchers identify how the temporal lobe supports an unconscious language parsing process.

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·November 13, 2015·3 min read

Virality of Positive Emotions

A new study reports positive emotions spread virally through Twitter feeds.

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·November 12, 2015·2 min read

“Chatting” with Watson Sparks More Creativity in Humans

Researchers are partnering with IBM's Watson to advance how computers could help humans to be able to solve problems more creatively.

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·November 11, 2015·4 min read

Social Media is a ‘Treasure Trove’ for Neuroscience Research

A new study investigates some approaches neuroscientists may use to gain valuable insights from social media.

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·November 11, 2015·4 min read

Artificial Neural Network Learns to Use Human Language

Researchers have developed an artificial neural network that has been able to communicate with and learn human language.

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·November 9, 2015·1 min read

Improving Running Skills With Big Data

Researchers report they have developed a system that can help improve running skills based on big data analysis.

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·November 1, 2015·4 min read

New Computational Strategy Finds Brain Tumor Shrinking Molecules

According to a new study, computer modeling has been able to identify a molecule which inhibits a transient cellular event that drives glioblastoma brain cancer.