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Teaching Computers To Reason and Learn by Analogy

Posted in Science on 23rd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Using a structure mapping system based on analogy, researchers have created a system that allows machines to reason more like humans do.

How Your Workplace Environment Affect Brain Function

Posted in Science on 20th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Cognitive decline were observed in both men and women exposed to dirty working environments.

Exercise four hours after learning 'boosts memory'

Posted in Science on 18th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Exercise is known to release proteins that can boost the part of the brain related to memory, and this study suggests the timing of it is crucial.

Ultrasound Opens the Brain to Promising Drugs

Posted in Medicine on 17th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Opening the blood-brain barrier with ultrasound helps remove the amyloid-protein thought to be responsible for Alzheimers even without using any drugs.

Research showing why hierarchy exists will aid the development of AI

Posted in Science on 12th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Connections in biological networks are expensive, and there is therefore an evolutionary pressure to reduce the number of connections.