Tag: language
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Predictions. Talking. The vanity of knowing.
UNIGE scientists developed a neuro-computer model which helps explain how the brain identifies syllables in natural speech. The model uses the equivalent of neuronal oscillations produced by brain activity to process the continuous sound flow of connected speech. The model functions according to a theory known as predictive coding, whereby the brain optimizes perception by…
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Copying sounds. Speaking?
Bats can learn to mimic specific sounds, which puts them into an elite group of animals capable of this. Studying how bats can copy noises could help us learn more about humans’ unique capacity for speech and language. (1) Listen. Speak. Oh child. How did you learn to speak? If not by listening to people…
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Philosophical snapshot: Words… Words… Words…
Philosophers wonder about what existence is. Philosophers try to find out the meaning of being. Different words. Entangled in huge conversations. The theme of endless research. But what if our thoughts are trapped inside a cave (cafe) we created? What if we created these notions as we created these words? Existence… Being… Are they different?…
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What is Being? A child’s answer…
Once I asked a child what Being is… (Once I asked my self what Being is…) And the child answered… “It is just a word dad” (And I laughed…) And my dad was impressed… And the whole world of philosophy kept on going… Trying to figure out what Being is.
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Brain. Seeing. Not speaking.
Brain region discovered that only processes spoken, not written words. Patients in a new study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names of things they saw but not verbalize them. For instance, if a patient in the study saw the word ‘hippopotamus’ written on a…
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