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·November 4, 2017·4 min read

Brain Activity is Inherited: Findings May Inform Treatment For ADHD and Autism

Machine learning study reveals that, much like genetics, brain connectivity patterns are passed down from parents to children.

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·October 30, 2017·5 min read

Rousing Masses to Fight Cancer With Open Source Machine Learning

Georgia Tech researchers are calling on machine learning specialists and cancer researchers to help discover potential new therapies for oncological diseases.

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·October 27, 2017·4 min read

Artificial Intelligence to Evaluate Brain Maturity in Preterm Infants

A new deep learning algorithm can interpret EEG data from preterm babies and estimate the child's brain functional maturity, researchers report.

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·October 6, 2017·6 min read

Machine Learning Used to Automatically Identify Brain Tumors

Researchers from UT Austin utilize deep learning and supercomputing to help identify brain tumors.

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·September 12, 2017·5 min read

How Neural Networks Think

Researchers have developed a new technique that works as an automatic translator, shedding light on how AI and neural networks are able to process language.

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·September 5, 2017·6 min read

Ultra Rare Gene Mutations Implicated in Eating Disorders

Researchers report ultra rare damaging genetic variants contribute to the risk of developing eating disorders.

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·August 22, 2017·4 min read

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Dementia Before Onset of Symptoms

McGill University researchers have developed a deep learning algorithm capable of detecting signatures of dementia in patients two years before the onset of symptoms by reviewing a single PET brain scan.

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·August 22, 2017·3 min read

Computer Algorithm Automatically Recognizes Soccer Formations and Defensive Strategies

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that uses deep learning techniques to automatically detect and recognizes soccer formations.

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·August 15, 2017·6 min read

‘Organismic Learning’ Mimics Some Aspects of Human Thought

Purdue researchers create an organismoid that can mimic some aspects of human thought, specifically the ability to retain important information and forget unimportant memories.

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·August 15, 2017·4 min read

New Machine Learning Program Shows Promise For Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that integrates Alzheimer's indicators from MRI measurements to predict patients with the neurodegenerative disease.

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·July 13, 2017·5 min read

Artificial Intelligence Helps Build Brain Atlas of Fly Behavior

Using machine learning, researchers have created a comprehensive brain map that links different groups of neurons to specific behaviors in fruit fly brains. The study, published in Cell, reports the AI used more than 225 days of video footage to help create the map. Left in human hands, the work would have taken an estimated 3,800 years to complete.

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·June 27, 2017·7 min read

Brain Signals Deliver Targeted Treatment for World’s Most Common Movement Disorder

Researchers combine movement sensing electrodes on top of the brain with deep brain stimulating electrodes to help treat essential tremor, the world's most prevalent movement disorder.