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What I Read: Brains Predict Their Perceptions

By Andrew Fairless on December 28, 2021November 16, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-be-energy-efficient-brains-predict-their-perceptions-20211115/ To Be Energy-Efficient, Brains Predict Their PerceptionsAnil AnanthaswamyNovember 15, 2021 “Results from neural networks support the idea that brains are “prediction machines” — and that they work that wayContinue readingWhat I Read: Brains Predict Their Perceptions

What I Read: The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other Sounds

By Andrew Fairless on November 9, 2021October 24, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-processes-speech-in-parallel-with-other-sounds-20211021/ The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other SoundsJordana CepelewiczOctober 21, 2021“Scientists thought that the brain’s hearing centers might just process speech along with other sounds. But new workContinue readingWhat I Read: The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other Sounds

What I Read: Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning Strategy

By Andrew Fairless on November 1, 2021October 24, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/brain-bursts-can-mimic-famous-ai-learning-strategy-20211018/ Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning StrategyAllison WhittenOctober 18, 2021“A new model of learning centers on bursts of neural activity that act as teaching signals — approximating backpropagation,Continue readingWhat I Read: Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning Strategy

What I Read: How Animals Map 3D Spaces

By Andrew Fairless on October 19, 2021October 16, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-animals-map-3d-spaces-surprises-brain-researchers-20211014/ How Animals Map 3D Spaces Surprises Brain ResearchersJordana CepelewiczOctober 14, 2021 When animals move through 3D spaces, the neat system of grid cell activity they use for navigating onContinue readingWhat I Read: How Animals Map 3D Spaces

What I Read: How Computationally Complex Is a Neuron?

By Andrew Fairless on September 27, 2021September 21, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-computationally-complex-is-a-single-neuron-20210902/ How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?by Allison Whitten “Computational neuroscientists taught an artificial neural network to imitate a biological neuron. The result offers a new way to thinkContinue readingWhat I Read: How Computationally Complex Is a Neuron?

What I Read: To Learn, Brain Cells Break DNA

By Andrew Fairless on September 18, 2021September 4, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/brain-cells-break-their-dna-to-learn-more-quickly-20210830/ To Learn More Quickly, Brain Cells Break Their DNAJordana CepelewiczStaff WriterAugust 30, 2021 “New work shows that neurons and other brain cells use DNA double-strand breaks, often associated withContinue readingWhat I Read: To Learn, Brain Cells Break DNA

What I Read: The Brain Doesn’t Think the Way You Think It Does

By Andrew Fairless on September 11, 2021September 4, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/mental-phenomena-dont-map-into-the-brain-as-expected-20210824/ The Brain Doesn’t Think the Way You Think It DoesJordana CepelewiczStaff WriterAugust 24, 2021 “Familiar categories of mental functions such as perception, memory and attention reflect our experience ofContinue readingWhat I Read: The Brain Doesn’t Think the Way You Think It Does

What I Read: Neurons, Encode, Timing, Firing

By Andrew Fairless on August 4, 2021July 12, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-kind-of-information-coding-seen-in-the-human-brain-20210707/ neuroscienceNeurons Unexpectedly Encode Information in the Timing of Their FiringElena RenkenContributing WriterJuly 7, 2021 “A temporal pattern of activity observed in human brains for the first time may explainContinue readingWhat I Read: Neurons, Encode, Timing, Firing

What I Read: Languages, number of terms for colors

By Andrew Fairless on July 22, 2021July 12, 2021

https://theconversation.com/languages-dont-all-have-the-same-number-of-terms-for-colors-scientists-have-a-new-theory-why-84117 Languages don’t all have the same number of terms for colors – scientists have a new theory whySeptember 18, 2017 “People with standard vision can see millions of distinctContinue readingWhat I Read: Languages, number of terms for colors

What I Read: Brain Implant Translates Thoughts of Writing Into Text

By Andrew Fairless on June 8, 2021May 30, 2021

https://www.wired.com/story/new-brain-implant-translates-thoughts-of-writing-into-text/ A New Brain Implant Translates Thoughts of Writing Into TextJohn Timmer, Ars TechnicaScience05.14.2021 09:00 AM “In early experiments, a paralyzed man with implants in his premotor cortex typed 90Continue readingWhat I Read: Brain Implant Translates Thoughts of Writing Into Text

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