Month: May 2021

Epigenetic mechanism can explain how chemicals in plastic may cause lower IQ levels

The chemical bisphenol F (found in plastics) can induce changes in a gene that is vital for neurological development. The mechanism could explain why exposure to this chemical during the fetal stage may be connected with a lower IQ at seven years of age — an association previously seen by the same research group. Read […]

Published on May 20, 2021

The Face Module Emerged in a Deep Convolutional Neural Network Selectively Deprived of Face Experience

Can we recognize faces with zero experience on faces? This question is critical because it examines the role of experiences in the formation of domain-specific modules in the brain. Investigation with humans and non-human animals on this issue cannot easily dissociate the effect of the visual experience from that of the hardwired domain-specificity. Therefore, the […]

Published on May 20, 2021