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·April 14, 2017·6 min read

Human Prejudices Sneak Into Artificial Intelligence

When AI's are trained with ordinary human language online, they pick up cultural biases embedded in the wording, researchers report.

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·March 28, 2017·7 min read

Enlisting The Help of Machine Learning to Diagnose Depression

Researchers are utilizing neuroimaging data to identify brain patterns and predict depression with the help of machine learning.

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·March 13, 2017·5 min read

Predicting Crime Knowledge States in the Human Brain

Neuroimaging can detect whether a person is acting in a state of knowledge when committing a crime, or whether they are acting recklessly with no premeditation, researchers report.

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·March 1, 2017·5 min read

How Artificial Intelligence Can Save Lives: Machine Learning to Predict Suicide Risks

Machine learning may allow clinicians better ability to predict which of their patients will attempt suicide, a new study reports.

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·January 10, 2017·4 min read

Glia, Not Neurons, Most Affected By Brain Aging

Examining postmortem brains, researchers discover the state of glia remains consistent as we age and could be used to predict a person's age at death.

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·December 12, 2016·3 min read

Discovery of New Verbal Working Memory Architecture Has Implications for Artificial Intelligence

New findings about how the brain processes information in verbal working memory could have implications for the development of new AI systems, researchers report.

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·December 2, 2016·6 min read

Computer Learns to Recognize Sounds By Watching Video

New system does not require costly hand-annotated data during training.

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·December 2, 2016·7 min read

Phantom Movements in Augmented Reality Helps Patients With Phantom Limb Pain

Researchers have developed a new method that utilizes both machine learning and augmented reality to help treat those with chronic phantom limb pain following amputation.

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·December 1, 2016·4 min read

Learning Makes Animals Intelligent

A new associative learning model may help explain animal behavior and intelligence.

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·December 1, 2016·6 min read

How The Brain Recognizes Faces

A new machine learning system can help shed light on how the human brain recognizes faces.

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·December 1, 2016·3 min read

High Resolution Brain Imaging Could Improve Detection of Concussion

A new study reports using MEG neuroimaging technology in conjunction with machine learning algorithms could help to determine whether a person is suffering from concussion.