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The Emotional Content of Children’s Writing: A Data‐Driven Approach

Abstract Emotion is closely associated with language, but we know very little about how children express emotion in their own writing. We used a large-scale, cross-sectional, and data-driven approach to investigate emotional expression via writing in children of different ages, and whether it varies for boys and girls. We first used a lexicon-based bag-of-words approach […]

Published on March 18, 2024

Evaluating the Relative Importance of Wordhood Cues Using Statistical Learning

Abstract Identifying wordlike units in language is typically done by applying a battery of criteria, though how to weight these criteria with respect to one another is currently unknown. We address this question by investigating whether certain criteria are also used as cues for learning an artificial language—if they are, then perhaps they can be […]

Published on March 18, 2024

Automated analysis and detection of epileptic seizures in video recordings using artificial intelligence

IntroductionAutomated seizure detection promises to aid in the prevention of SUDEP and improve the quality of care by assisting in epilepsy diagnosis and treatment adjustment.MethodsIn this phase 2 exploratory study, the performance of a contactless, marker-free, video-based motor seizure detection system is assessed, considering video recordings of patients (age 0–80 years), in terms of sensitivity, specificity, […]

Published on March 15, 2024