Science news articles about 'cognitive systems'

  • Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain

    ... to word A,” said Mark Changizi, assistant professor of cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. “But this research ... and will appear in the June print edition of the Journal of Cognitive Systems Research, indicates that the dictionaries we use every ...
  • Age-old magic tricks can provide clues for modern science

    ... Rensink, an associate professor who specializes in vision and cognition and teaches in the departments of Psychology and Computer Science ... Amlani, a recent BSc graduate of UBC's Cognitive Systems Program, which integrates computer science ...
  • Why going with your gut isn't always wise

    ... . In the first study, recently published in the Journal of Cognitive Development, participants were presented with a choice between two ... irrational judgments and behavior by postulating that two cognitive systems-experiential and analytical-are simultaneously involved ...
  • Brain's Cognitive System Processes Vowels And Consonants At Different Speeds

    The brain distinguishes between vowels and consonants differently, according to new research. Neuronal mechanisms change when they are processed and, when it comes to lexical access; both have a ...
  • Cell phone ringtones can pose major distraction, impair recall

    ... were able to recover more quickly and moderate their levels of cognitive impairment. "Our experiments suggest that there is a benefit to prior ... you were doing for that brief period, but your cognitive system can adjust and get back on task ...
  • Want responsible robotics? Start with responsible humans

    ... ," explained David Woods, professor of integrated systems engineering at Ohio State University. "The philosophy ... the responsibility back on humans. Woods directs the Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory at Ohio State ...
  • Impaired kidney function linked to cognitive decline in elderly

    ... , found that poor kidney function was linked specifically with cognition related to memory functions. Damage to one of these functions ... and of five individual cognitive abilities. The individual cognitive systems assessed were visuospatial ability; perceptual ...
  • Ability to navigate may be linked to genes, researcher says

    ... from human studies of a link between the missing genes and the system that we use to reorient ourselves in space." Working with lead ... can go wrong to result in very basic cognitive system malfunctioning. "Although we are quite far ...
  • New psychology theory at Rensselaer enables computers to mimic human creativity

    ... by Sun's research group to act like a cognitive system – as well as successful computer simulations ... system. "This tells us how creative problem solving may emerge from the interaction of explicit and implicit cognitive ...
  • Challenging the limits of learning

    ... of learning -- what kinds of information can a complex cognitive system like the human mind acquire ... 's research may have applications in technologies such as voice dialogue systems: a computer that, on its own, can better understand what ...
  • Scientists develop sensitive skin for robots

    ... objects can be hidden," explains Philip Mittendorfer, a scientist who develops the artificial skin at the Institute of Cognitive Systems at Technical University of Munich (Technische ...
  • Uncanny Valley? Mask-Bot Robot Has A Human Face

    ... valley sense notwithstanding) is actually the prototype of a new robot face that a team at the Institute for Cognitive Systems (ICS) at TU München ...
  • Anyone can learn to be more inventive, says UMass Amherst cognitive researcher

    ... quality to creativity and invention, says Anthony McCaffrey, a cognitive psychology researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst ... as many as two dozen distinct creativity blocks caused by the normal function of our perceptual and cognitive systems ...
  • Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief: UBC study

    ... of personal spirituality, and these new findings suggest that the cognitive system related to analytic thoughts is one factor ... . of Psychology. “Our findings suggest that activating the ‘analytic’ cognitive system in the brain can undermine the ‘intuitive’ support ...
  • Scientists report promising new direction for cognitive rehabilitation in the elderly

    ... the progressive loss of function across multiple cognitive systems in the elderly, including new learning ... subjects who underwent temporal training improved not only the rate at which they processed auditory information, but also in other cognitive areas ...

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