by piero scaruffi

Researchers are welcome to submit news and articles about breakthroughs and events in the areas of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, neurobiology, artificial life, linguistics, neural networks, connectionism, cognitive psychology, mind, philosophy, psychology, consciousness. Email the editor at this Email address. Readers who would like to receive periodic news and updates on cognitive science, philosophy of mind, neurobiology, artificial intelligence, etc, are invited to register to my mailing list. My book on consciousness | My reviews of books My seminar on Mind/Consciousness | My seminar on History of Knowledge Click here for the index of all years May 2012 The human brain project February 2012 Parasites can hijack a brain January 2012 Converting brain signals into words (Jack Gallant's group at the University of California Berkeley) Skin cells converted into neurons Stephen Piantadosi, Edward Gibson, and serves a useful function. Ambiguity in language facilitates speaker expression at the slight expense of listener understanding, ultimately resulting in an efficient communication system. (Contributed by Hsieyun Butler-Yang In research reminiscent of a 2004 Princeton study suggesting that utilitarian judgment originates from the frontal lobe and deontological judgment from the amygdala and other areas controlling emotion, a team of researchers lead by Gregory Berns from Emory University find that study participants who refused to be bribed demonstrate amygdala activation. (Contributed by Hsieyun Butler-Yang A Washington University in Saint Louis study lead by Joan Luby suggests that early maternal nurturing>/a> results in larger hippocampal size. This supports previous research indicating that trauma results in decreased hippocampal size. (Contributed by Hsieyun Butler-Yang A team of scientists lead by Brian Pasley of UC Berkeley were able to use EEG data from the auditory cortex to replicate speech. These results may one day lead to artificial speech production. (Contributed by Hsieyun Butler-Yang Click here for 2011 news

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