Cognitive Science

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Interplay Between Age and Neuroinflammation in Multiple Sclerosis: Effects on Motor and Cognitive Functions

Alessandra Musella, Antonietta Gentile, Francesca Romana Rizzo, Francesca De Vito, Diego Fresegna, Silvia Bullitta, Valentina Vanni, Livia Guadalupi, Mario Stampanoni Bassi, Fabio Buttari, Diego Centonze, Georgia Mandolesi Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the […]

Published on August 8, 2018

Priors in Animal and Artificial Intelligence: Where Does Learning Begin?

A major goal for the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) is to build machines that are able to reason and cope with novel tasks, environments, and situations in a manner that approaches the abilities of animals. Evidence from precocial species suggests that driving learning through suitable priors can help to successfully face this challenge. […]

Published on August 8, 2018

Face Space Representations in Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Inspired by the primate visual system, deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) have made impressive progress on the complex problem of recognizing faces across variations of viewpoint, illumination, expression, and appearance. This generalized face recognition is a hallmark of human recognition for familiar faces. Despite the computational advances, the visual nature of the face code that […]

Published on August 8, 2018