Neural networks need more than neurons, new project posits
Credit: Vincent Breton-Provencher/MIT Picower Institute By encoding a feature of biological intelligence called reinforcement learning, in which we iteratively learn ...
Tag: Memory/Cognitive Processes
From perceptrons to deep learning
An analogue method to mastering the digitalCredit: World Scientific Have you ever wondered if it's possible to learn all there ...
A new foundation toward achieving the next generation of artificial intelligence
From signals to cognitionCredit: World Scientific Human beings are living inside an ocean of signals. These signals enable human beings ...
Older people often incorrectly assume medicines don’t have potential side effects
Credit: UCLA Health UCLA RESEARCH BRIEF Enrique Rivero FINDINGS Older people correctly ascertained basic information such as dosage and duration ...
Neural pathway critical to correcting behavioral errors related to psych disorders found
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai researchers have identified a neural pathway through which the brain detects errors and ...
Study: Preschoolers with higher cardiorespiratory fitness do better on cognitive tests
Study in 4-6 year olds finds fitness-cognition linkCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report that 4-6-year-old ...
Kessler Foundation to study effects of MS disease-modifying therapy on cognitive fatigue
Dr. John DeLuca leads team in novel study of the effects of a MS disease-modifying agent on the symptoms of ...
Marmoset monkeys have personalities too
Credit: © Vedrana Šlipogor In humans, differences in personalities have been evident since the ancient times. Personality in animals has ...
Studies use mathematics to analyze the semantics of dream reports during the pandemic
Researchers at a center for neuromathematics say dreams reflect the fear and anxiety fueled by the diseaseCredit: Weid de souza ...
Remyelinating drug could improve vision in patients with multiple sclerosis
UC Riverside-led mouse study stresses MS treatment should be started earlyCredit: Tiwari-Woodruff lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team ...
Scientists solve long-standing mystery by a whisker
UC Riverside mouse study shows where in the brain sensory input is transformed to movementCredit: Zagha lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...
Working memory can help tailor educational development
Psychology researchers at the University of Missouri suggest a first step toward creating educational and work materials to fit a ...
Unlocking PTSD: New study reveals why trauma-focused psychotherapy treatment works
Credit: Dell Medical School p>AUSTIN, Texas -- Trauma-focused psychotherapy is widely considered the best available treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder ...
At three days old, newborn mice remember their moms
Credit: Blake J. Laham/Princeton University For mice, the earliest social memories can form at three days old and last into ...
Fine tuning first-responder immune cells may reduce TBI damage
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (January 25, 2021) - Immediately after a traumatic brain injury and as ...
How the brain learns that earmuffs are not valuable at the beach
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan and the NEI in the USA have discovered a circuit in the ...
Kessler Foundation studies effects of Tysabri on cognitive fatigue in multiple sclerosis
MS research team led by John DeLuca, PhD, will conduct study to assess effects of Tysabri on cognitive fatigue, a ...
Studying and treating COVID-19’s long-term impact
Rush leads new CDC-funded study, launches post-COVID clinicCredit: INSPIRE for COVID-19 COVID-19 has wreaked havoc around the globe, causing nearly ...
Autism theory 25 years in the making
Combination of socially valued traits and disabilities can lead to conditionCredit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center A unifying explanation of the ...
A brain mechanism underlying ‘vision’ in the blind is revealed
Credit: The Weizmann Institute of Science Some people have lost their eyesight, but they continue to "see." This phenomenon, a ...
