FeaturedNeuroscience·November 13, 2021·5 min readTool Use and Language Skills Are Linked in the Brain: Practicing One Improves the OtherFine motor skills utilized by using tools engage parts of the brain similar to those mobilized when we think about the construction of a sentence, researchers report.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2015·4 min readComputer System Learns Language by Playing GamesResearchers have designed a computer system that learns how to play a text-based computer game with no prior assumptions about how language works.Read More
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