AI Reveals How Languages Evolve to Aid Learning
Summary: A new study identifies the architectural and evolutionary principles that shape how children and artificial neural networks acquire language. Bridging cognitive…
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Screen Time Linked to Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers
Summary: Two or more hours of daily screen time is associated with increased inattention and other clinically significant behavioural problems in preschool-aged…
Unexpected Brain Activity During Music Analysis Exercises
Summary: New fMRI research identifies distinct connections between musical processing and brain regions typically involved in language. Source: University of Tokyo Researchers…
Club Drug GBH Linked to Brain and Cognitive Changes
Summary: Researchers report that regular use of the club drug GHB (gamma‑hydroxybutyrate), and especially repeated GHB‑induced comas, are linked to changes in…
How One Song Reveals Vocal Imitation Challenges in Autism
Summary: Children and adults on the autism spectrum are more accurate at matching and maintaining relative pitch than they are at matching…
Protein Filaments That Form Brain Inhibitory Synapses Identified
Summary: Researchers at the University of Cologne have shown that gephyrin, a central protein at inhibitory synapses, assembles into ordered filamentous structures…
Genetic Study Explains Why Mental Disorders Often Overlap
Summary: A large-scale genetic analysis reveals extensive overlap in genetic risk across several psychiatric disorders. Around 70% of the genetic signals linked…
AI Estimates Brain Age from Sleep EEG Recordings
Summary: A deep neural network trained on overnight EEG recordings can predict an individual’s brain age with high accuracy, and deviations between…
Neuromorphic Chips: Synapse-Inspired Tech for Smarter Electronics
Creating a computer that can learn and remember like the human brain is a formidable task. The brain contains roughly 86 billion…
Scientists Discover Diffusion Barrier in Fruit Fly Brain
Summary: In fruit flies, researchers have identified a second internal barrier in the brain where a specialized layer of glial cells creates…
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