What makes language special is part of what makes us special, so understanding what language is made of and how we learn it brings us closer to our human nature.
Aug 24, 2020
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Recently published in JCO Global Oncology, a new article presents the development of artificial intelligence (AI) for the accurate detection of potentially cancerous nodules described in computed tomography (CT) reports, ...
Oct 10, 2023
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You're looking at a truck. You're with a young child and he follows your gaze. He's interested in the object you're looking at without you pointing at it. This is called joint attention and it is one of the primary ways children ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Stanford scholar Noah Goodman found that people understand nonliteral language – metaphor, hyperbole and exaggerated statements – when they focus on the intent behind the communication.
Aug 7, 2014
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Without understanding the "referential function" of language (words as "verbal labels," symbolizing other things), it is impossible to learn a language. Is this implicit knowledge already present early in infants? A study ...
Sep 2, 2015
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What is the purpose of life? Whatever you may think is the answer, you might, from time to time at least, find your own definition unsatisfactory. After all, how can one say why any living creature is on Earth in just one ...
Sep 4, 2018
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In the days and months after a baby is born come a flurry of checkups. But after the first year of life, attendance at well-child visits often drops off.
Oct 20, 2021
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Medical advances are causing a gradual increase in average life expectancy. However, this comes at a price, as the number of cases of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases grows with age. Researchers from HSE University ...
Apr 11, 2022
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When we hear or read a string of words, we are unconsciously making predictions about what's coming next. That's much like what AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard do. At root they are predicting what the next word should be ...
May 24, 2023
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(Medical Xpress) -- Whether it's a line from a movie, an advertising slogan or a politician's catchphrase, some statements take hold in people's minds better than others. By applying computer analysis to a database of movie ...
May 8, 2012
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