Month: October 2023

Exploring the Connection Between Quantifiers and Nonsymbolic Quantity Processing!

Imagine a detective trying to solve two different mysteries: one involves interpreting clues using numbers, while the other requires deciphering vague statements like ‘some’ or ‘many’. Although these mysteries seem unrelated at first, scientists believe that they could be connected. By investigating how the human brain processes quantities, both in symbolic (numbers) and nonsymbolic (perceptual) […]

Published on October 24, 2023

Unlocking the Secrets of Dialog Act Classification

Imagine you’re trying to understand someone’s intention when they speak. You listen closely to the words they use and the context in which they say them. In the field of dialog act classification, scientists have been doing something similar, but with computers and a lot of data! They’ve been studying how linguistic cues on the […]

Published on October 24, 2023

Bayesian Surprise: Predicting Event Segmentation in Story Listening

Imagine listening to a captivating story. As you follow along, your brain naturally divides the story into different events or scenes. So, how does your brain determine when one event ends and another begins? Scientists conducted an experiment using a deep learning language model called GPT-2 to investigate this phenomenon. They found that event boundaries […]

Published on October 24, 2023