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Imagine you’re a detective trying to solve a mystery. You have two different tools – one is straightforward and direct, while the other is more subtle and indirect. In this study, researchers wanted to see which tool children prefer to use when understanding complex sentences. They found that the type of task used had a […]
Imagine you’re trying to build a complex structure with Legos. You could use the standard basic blocks, but they might not be enough to bring your creation to life. That’s where the power of Combinatory Categorial Grammars (CCGs) comes in for modeling language comprehension in our brains. Just like how CCGs offer more flexibility and […]
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a technology that provides electrical stimulation to the cervical vagus nerve and can be applied in the treatment of a wide variety of neuropsychiatric and systemic diseases. VNS exerts its effect by stimulating vagal afferent and efferent fibers, which project upward to the brainstem nuclei and the relayed circuits and […]
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