Sentences with phrase «led cognitive scientists»

This has led cognitive scientists to claim that using spatial concepts to talk and think about time is a universal characteristic of the human mind.

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«Our results show that there is a profound cultural difference» in the way people respond to consonant and dissonant sounds, says Josh McDermott, a cognitive scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and lead author of the paper.

The excessive burst of new brain cells after a traumatic head injury that scientists have traditionally believed helped in recovery could instead lead to epileptic seizures and long - term cognitive decline, according to a new Rutgers New Jersey Medical School study.

Together with colleagues at IBM led by Scott Spangler, principal data scientist at IBM, the team initiated a research project to develop a knowledge integration tool that took advantage of existing text mining capabilities, such as those used by IBM's Watson technology (cognitive technology that processes information more like a human than a computer.)

«Thinking outside the box might be facilitated by having a somewhat less intact box,» writes lead author Fredrik Ulln, a cognitive scientist at Karolinska.

«When they need a new word, they invent one,» says Janet Wiles, a cognitive scientist at the University of Queensland who leads an interdisciplinary team on the project.

Although scientists have long considered the brain systems that govern these two types of deficits as separate, a growing body of evidence suggests that they are actually deeply intertwined, says Patricia Kuhl, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Washington, Seattle, and lead author of the new study.

Damian Bailey, a physiologist at the University of South Wales, Pontypridd, in the United Kingdom and the project's lead scientist, hopes the risky experiment will yield new information about how the human body responds to low - oxygen conditions, and how similar mechanisms might drive cognitive decline with aging.

A second study, led by scientists at the University of Manchester in England and published online this past May, looked at vitamin D levels and cognitive performance in more than 3,100 men aged 40 to 79 in eight different countries across Europe.

Led by staff scientist Keith Vossel, MD, the team of researchers used sophisticated technologies to detect «subclinical» epileptic activity (too subtle to be noticed on standard clinical exams) and showed that Alzheimer patients with such activity had a faster cognitive decline than those without.

A group of academic researchers, led by cognitive and computer scientists from Brown University, is teaming up with a cross-functional team from global play and entertainment leader Hasbro to design a smart robotic companion capable of assisting older people with simple but sometimes challenging tasks of everyday living.

This prestigious grant recognizes leading clinician - scientists dedicated to investigating interventions designed to improve cognitive functioning and everyday life in individuals with MS.. This five - year grant for $ 404,698 will provide enhanced and continued support for Kessler Foundations» current postdoctoral Fellowship training program.

Nicole Prause, a research scientist in the department of psychiatry in the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, led the research, which appears in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

Developed through decades of research by leading language and cognitive scientists, Pearson's automated scoring engines provide consistent, accurate, and timely feedback on automated tests.

New research, led by cognitive scientist Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, could shed light onto the dubious effects of advertising on the human psyche.