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Autism+ADHD co-occurrence ≠ Autism + ADHD —The ADHD traits in autism+ADHD comorbid condition are governed by unique neural mechanisms unseen in pure ADHD—
Autism+ADHD co-occurrence ≠ Autism + ADHD
—The ADHD traits in autism+ADHD comorbid condition are governed by unique neural mechanisms unseen in pure ADHD—lChildren with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have cognitive rigidity and tend … More
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Fear is in the eye of the beholder --visual aversion to scary objects A cluster of neurons in the brains of fruit flies has been found to control--
Fear is in the eye of the beholder
visual aversion to scary objects
A cluster of neurons in the brains of fruit flies has been found to controlAverting our eyes from things that scare us may be due to a specific cluster of neurons in a visual regi… More
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The eyes have it - New insight gained into how the visual system develops in mice
A new study in mice has revealed never-before-seen details about how the complicated visual network forms in them. This research could inform future research into the treatment of congenital blindness. But given the parallels between b… More
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Solving combinatorial optimization problems with chaotic amplitude control
Among the theories needed to bridge machine and human intelligence, the Ising model has proven useful for capturing mesoscopic neuronal interactions by simplifying their activity to binary decisions. In this model, neural states repr… More
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Dynamic causality of the prefrontal cortex in fluctuating human consciousness
In new work published in the journal eLife, a researcher at the International Center for Neurointelligence(IRCN) at The University of Tokyo showed that visual consciousness, the mental awareness of what our eyes see, is regulated by par… More
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Balanced Dopamine Signaling for Healthy Learning and Memory
New findings from a research collaboration between Kyoto University, the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS) and the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) at The University of Tokyo reveal tha… More
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NTT Research Launches Joint Research on Neuro-Computing with The University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence
NTT Research Launches Joint Research on Neuro-Computing with The University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence
IRCN to Collaborate with NTT Research’s PHI Lab on Coherent Ising Machine (CIM) Algorithms and … More
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How does your computer smell?
Researchers create a highly sensitive biohybrid olfactory sensorA keen sense of smell is a powerful ability shared by many organisms. However, it has proven difficult to replicate by artificial means. Researchers combined biological … More
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Connections from the Past Drive Computing to the Edge
Among the candidate frameworks for next generation AI, reservoir computing is proving to be an intriguing contender. Conventional machine learning relies on training recurrent neural networks organized in a linear stack of pancake-l… More
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Social Networking: Autism Gene Defects in Prefrontal Cortex
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is among the most common developmental brain disorders with a prevalence of 1 in 54 children in the US according to 2020 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ASD is also one of the most myst… More
