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Why a Robot Can’t Yet Outjump a Flea

Neuroscience NewsApril 28, 2018

A new mathematical model may help to explain why we are not yet able to create a robot that can jump like a flea, but proposes a way we might get closer to achieving better nature inspired robots.... Read More...

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This Many: Unlocking the Relationship Between Math Ability and Fingers

Neuroscience NewsMarch 25, 2018

Researchers report finger configurations used in children for counting and communicating numeric information are associated with number representation in the brain. Additionally, this association can be observed during adulthood.... Read More...

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Can Math Predict What You Will Do Next?

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 14, 2018

Researchers consider how math and machine learning can help predict human behavior.... Read More...

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Parkinson’s ‘Jerking’ Side Effects Detected by Algorithm

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 8, 2018

Researchers have developed a new mathematical algorithm that can detect dyskinesia in Parkinson's patients.... Read More...

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Probability Calculations – Even Babies Can Master Them

Neuroscience NewsNovember 3, 2017

Researchers discover children as young as 6 months old can have a sense of probability.... Read More...

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It’s Mathematically Impossible to Beat Aging, Researchers Say

Neuroscience NewsNovember 1, 2017

A new PNAS study reports it is mathematically impossible to stop the aging process in multicellular organisms.... Read More...

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Self Esteem Mapped in the Human Brain

Neuroscience NewsOctober 24, 2017

UCL researchers use a new math equation to identify brain signals that explain why our self esteem rises, or lowers, when we find out what others think of us.... Read More...

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The Bilingual Brain Calculates Differently Depending on the Language Used

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 14, 2017

A new study reports mathematical processes in the brain are influenced by language. Studying bilingual people, researchers discovered cognitive 'extra effort' is required for solving math problems when presented in the second language.... Read More...

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Mouth Clicks Used in Human Echolocation Captured in Unprecedented Detail

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 3, 2017

Researchers have investigated the mouth clicks in human echolocation. They hope to use synthetic human clicks to investigate how sounds can reveal the physical features of an object.... Read More...

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Mathematical Tools Improve Theory and Prediction in Psychiatry

Neuroscience NewsAugust 24, 2017

A special edition of Biological Psychiatry explores how math models are helping to improve predictions in psychiatry.... Read More...

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Intermittent Attention and Poor Memory Shape Public Perceptions of Inflation

Neuroscience NewsJuly 31, 2017

Researchers reveal people react more to individual prices, but rational inattention leads to perception and overestimation of inflation rates.... Read More...

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Physics of Bubbles May Explain Language Patterns

Neuroscience NewsJuly 24, 2017

A new study reveals dialects move outwards from population centers, which may explain why some cities have their own dialects, researchers say.... Read More...

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