Tag: neural networks

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Why should taxpayers keep paying the salaries of sex perverts and gropers at PBS and NPR?

Following the firing of seven male hosts and editors at the government-sponsored PBS and NPR networks in 2017, many Americans are now asking themselves the question: If these guys aren’t going to be replaced with honest, decent non-predators, then is it really worth spending our tax dollars to keep these media outlets afloat? In case […]

Language learning boosts brain plasticity and ability to code new information

In a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the Higher School of Economics (HSE), in Moscow, Russia, and the University of Helsinki, in Finland, describe how they used EEG (electroencephalography) to probe the brain mechanisms involved in language learning in human volunteers. Previous research has established that understanding the brain mechanisms involved […]