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Imagine trying to learn how to bake a cake with just a tiny recipe card, while someone else has an entire library of cookbooks at their disposal. That’s the difference between children and large language models (LLMs) when it comes to language learning. LLMs have access to a massive amount of data, while children rely […]
Imagine your brain as a bustling city, with neurons firing away like busy streets. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), however, this city undergoes some dramatic changes. A team of scientists used a cutting-edge imaging system to uncover the impact of these diseases on biophotonic activities, or the light signals emitted by synapses […]
Imagine you’re a treasure hunter exploring a cave. You know that the cave is filled with precious gems, but you’re not sure how to find them. So, you decide to use a special lantern (transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS) to guide your way. As you navigate deeper into the cave, you make some interesting […]
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