Spark Blog: Behind the Scenes and Inside the Skulls
We took a look inside Alan's brain using an MRI machine. Apparently he has quite a plump hippocampus.
We took a look inside Alan's brain using an MRI machine. Apparently he has quite a plump hippocampus.
One of the earliest things American children are taught is how to count items out loud. But how much do we understand about numbers before we learn this vocabulary?
The scientists in Oregon wanted to see how brains react to mistakes in grammar, even when the listener isn’t fluent in the language being spoken!
Brian Moore is one of the people who has volunteered a couple of times for Helen Neville’s language fMRI studies at the University of Oregon. Find out why in this video clip.
Now researchers observe that the more "human" a robot seems, the more active are the brain regions that think about the intentions and desires of others -- even if that other is a machine.
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