Category: Neuroscience
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STAT+: Director of NIH neurological disorders institute is ousted, adding to leadership churn
STAT+: Director of NIH neurological disorders institute is ousted, adding to leadership churn Walter Koroshetz, director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will soon be leaving his role, STAT has learned. His departure in the coming days means nearly half the 27 NIH divisions will have interim leaders. Koroshetz sent an email…
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Do Labels Make AI Blind? Self-Supervision Solves the Age-Old Binding Problem
Do Labels Make AI Blind? Self-Supervision Solves the Age-Old Binding Problem A new NeurIPS 2025 paper shows how self-supervised learning imbues ViT with better image understanding than supervised learning The post Do Labels Make AI Blind? Self-Supervision Solves the Age-Old Binding Problem appeared first on Towards Data Science. Jonathan Williford Go to original source
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STAT+: FDA approves Paradromics’ brain-computer interface trial for speech restoration
STAT+: FDA approves Paradromics’ brain-computer interface trial for speech restoration Paradromics announced Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration approved a clinical study to evaluate whether the company’s brain-computer interface for speech restoration is safe and capable of providing the ability to communicate via text or synthesized speech to someone with paralysis. The Austin-based company…
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Lithium, a treatment for bipolar disorders, might be a key to Alzheimer’s disease
Lithium, a treatment for bipolar disorders, might be a key to Alzheimer’s disease A new study finds that the element lithium plays a crucial role in healthy brain function and suggests it could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease. In a Nature study published on Wednesday, researchers found that the brain produces lithium, and that…
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STAT+: Brain implant captures speech tone, pitch through analyzing activity
STAT+: Brain implant captures speech tone, pitch through analyzing activity Reliable communication for people with paralysis is nearing reality. Researchers have now demonstrated that a brain-computer interface can reliably translate thoughts into speech, including matching a person’s intended tone and pitch. It is the second study in as many months to validate the concept’s safety…
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AI Is Not a Black Box (Relatively Speaking)
AI Is Not a Black Box (Relatively Speaking) Compared to the opacity around human intelligence, AI is more transparent in some very tangible ways. The post AI Is Not a Black Box (Relatively Speaking) appeared first on Towards Data Science. Piotr (Peter) Mardziel Go to original source