FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 5, 2023·7 min readToddlers Use Logic Before LanguageToddlers as young as 19 months old exhibit natural logical thinking, independent of language knowledge. This ability, manifesting as exclusion by elimination, allows toddlers to make conclusions about unknown realities by discounting known impossibilities. \Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 6, 2023·5 min readAdvancing the Way for the Brain to Be Able to Control Devices in Real TimeResearchers investigate brain region synchronization in order to assist control of brain-machine interfaces.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·November 29, 2021·5 min readAI Studies the Emotions Aroused by Music, and Our Way of Perceiving ThemA new AI algorithm recognizes the complex range of emotions invoked when people listen to pieces of music.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·April 20, 2021·3 min readA Study Finds Gender Bias in Music Recommendation AlgorithmsWidely used music algorithms are more likely to recommend and select music by male artists, at the detriment of female musicians. A new study addresses gender disparities in music-based algorithms.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 20, 2020·3 min readDo Neural Networks Dream Visual Illusions?When convolutional neural networks are trained under experimental conditions, they are deceived by the brightness and color of a visual image in similar ways to the human visual system.Read More
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FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 20, 2020·4 min readLanguage disorders as indicators of the diagnosis and progression of Huntington’s diseaseStudy reports it may be possible to detect the onset and progression of Huntington's disease through linguistic changes in patients. Linguistic impairments often begin before the onset of other Huntington's symptoms.Read More
