Category: Silence

  • Μπορείς να με καταλάβεις;

    Μπορείς να με καταλάβεις;

    As two people speak, their brains begin to work simultaneously, synchronizing and establishing a unique bond. This is what in neuroscience is called brain synchronization. New research by the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastián and published in Cortex magazine confirms that this phenomenon depends on the language we use…

  • Reading emotions… Listen to the silence…

    Reading emotions… Listen to the silence…

    Research shows for the first time that adults with autism can recognize complex emotions such as regret and relief in others as easily as those without the condition. Psychologists at the University of Kent used eye-tracking technology to monitor participants as they read stories in which a character made a decision then experienced a positive…

  • Spreading bad ideas.

    How ideas move through academia may depend on where those ideas come from - whether from big-name universities or less prestigious institutions - as much as their quality, a recent study from the University of Colorado Boulder suggests. The new research borrows a page from epidemiology, exploring how ideas might flow from university to university,…

  • Creating with style…

    In search of inspiration for improving computer-based text translators, researchers at Dartmouth College turned to the Bible for guidance. The result is an algorithm trained on various versions of the sacred texts that can convert written works into different styles for different audiences. Internet tools to translate text between languages like English and Spanish are…

  • Silent footsteps… Echoes of nothingness…

    A team of scientists has uncovered the neural processes mice use to ignore their own footsteps, a discovery that offers new insights into how we learn to speak and play music. "The ability to ignore one's own footsteps requires the brain to store and recall memories and to make some pretty stellar computations", explains David…

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