Imagine unraveling the mysteries of cognitive impairment by delving into the world of writing. A new study investigated linguistic, visuospatial, and kinematic characteristics in the writing performance of patients with cognitive impairment (CI) who exhibit beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposition, a key marker of Alzheimer’s disease. As cognitive decline progressed, participants showed decreased performance in dictating irregular […]
Published on September 11, 2023
In the whimsical world of word learning, what makes a word an easy nut to crack? Researchers set out to uncover the secrets by exploring the relationship between predictability and the age at which children start using different words. Using intricate language models, they measured the surprisal or unexpectedness of words in child-directed speech. Turns […]
Published on September 11, 2023
Imagine you’re trying to classify objects as either small or big. You want to know if there’s a way to use distributional semantic models, which create word vector spaces, to accurately perform this task. Well, scientists developed a cool computational model to find out! They created different models and tested their performance in classifying over […]
Published on September 11, 2023
