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New science of learning offers preview of tomorrow's classroom

Learning is social, computational, supported by neural systems linking people

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science ...


Humanoid robot helps scientists to understand intelligence

Humanoid robot helps scientists to understand intelligence

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A humanoid robot newly acquired by Imperial College London will lead to a deeper understanding of human intelligence, says scientists today.


Ten Thousand Cents a picture of cheap online labor

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A penny can go a long way on the Internet.





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Expert: AI computers by 2020

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 17, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

A U.S. computer expert predicts computers will have the same intellectual capacity as humans by 2020.


E.T. not likely to have human-like intelligence: Astronomer

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 12, 2008 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (30) | comments 5

Extraterrestrials will probably never ‘phone’ Earth in a way we’d understand as they’re unlikely to have evolved human-like intelligence – but that doesn’t mean we should give up the search for life beyond our planet, an ...


Individual primates display variation in general intelligence

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Harvard University have shown, for the first time, that intelligence varies among individual monkeys within a species - in this case, the cotton-top tamarin.


Brain Areas Important to Intelligence

Brain network related to intelligence identified

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 11, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (75) | comments 0

A primary mystery puzzling neuroscientists -- where in the brain lies intelligence" -- just may have a unified answer.


Plastic brain outsmarts experts

Plastic Brain Outsmarts Experts

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (73) | comments 1

Can human beings rev up their intelligence quotients, or are they stuck with IQs set by their genes at birth? Until recently, nature seemed to be the clear winner over nurture.


Get smart about what you eat and you might actually improve your intelligence

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (52) | comments 2

New research findings published online in The FASEB Journal provide more evidence that if we get smart about what we eat, our intelligence can improve. According to MIT scientists, dietary nutrients found in a wide range ...


UIC Researchers Probe Computer 'Commonsense Knowledge'

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Challenge a simple pocket calculator at arithmetic and you may be left in the dust. But even the most sophisticated computer cannot match the reasoning of a youngster who looks outside, sees a fresh snowfall, ...


In search of machines that play at being human

In search of machines that play at being human

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at Carlos III University (Spain) have taken part in an international contest whose objective is to improve artificial intelligence utilized in virtual worlds. The challenge for the participants ...


Solving checkers a great idea

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 17, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Jonathan Schaeffer 'solved' checkers this year and his achievement has been named one of 2007's top ideas by the New York Times.


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Renowned canine researcher puts dogs' intelligence on par with two-year-old human

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 6

Although you wouldn't want one to balance your checkbook, dogs can count.



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