Psychology & Psychiatry

Why does depression cause difficulties with learning?

When learning, patients with schizophrenia or depression have difficulty making optimal use of information that is new to them. In the learning process, both groups of patients give greater weight to less important information ...

Neuroscience

Deep neural networks show promise as models of human hearing

Computational models that mimic the structure and function of the human auditory system could help researchers design better hearing aids, cochlear implants, and brain-machine interfaces. A new study from MIT has found that ...

Neuroscience

Brain games reveal clues about how the mind works

Scientists are using supercomputers and data from the game Ebb and Flow to train deep learning models that mimic the human behavior of "task-switching," shifting attention from one task to another.

Neuroscience

More variability found to help learning

The World Cup final is in full swing, the stadium is filled to capacity, the fans are roaring, there is a flurry of flashbulbs. A free kick taker gets ready, takes a run-up and shoots. He had practiced free kicks a thousand ...

Medical research

Brain stimulation improves motor skill learning at older age

Even though we don't think about it, every movement we make in our daily life essentially consists of a sequence of smaller actions in a specific order. The only time we realize this is when we have to learn a new motor skill, ...

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