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Reviewing MIT’s media presence in 2023

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The language network in the brain has to exert more effort when dealing with complicated and unfamiliar sentences.

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have conducted a study which demonstrates that sentences with complex grammar or unexpected meaning tend to stimulate the brain's key language processing centers significantly more than straightforward or nonsensical sentences. The study was led by Evelina Fedorenko, an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at MIT, and Greta Tuckute, a…

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A versatile approach designed to assist artists in enhancing animation.

A novel technique unveiled by researchers at MIT could provide artists more flexibility while animating characters in movies and video games. The approach involves producing mathematical functions called barycentric coordinates to determine how 2D and 3D shapes can bend, stretch, and manoeuvre through space. Artists are thus provided with multiple options of barycentric coordinate functions…

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MIT Media Coverage: A 2023 Retrospective

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An adaptable approach to assist animators in enhancing their artwork.

A new technique developed by MIT researchers aims to give artists more control over their animations. The approach, which generates barycentric coordinates, allows artists to define how 2D and 3D shapes can bend, stretch, and move in space and creates an artifact that fits their vision better. This is a departure from available techniques which…

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Media Coverage of MIT: A Review of the Year 2023

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A versatile approach to assist artists in enhancing animation.

Media artists who work on animated movies and video games could have more control over their animations, thanks to a new technique developed by researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). This novel approach uses mathematical functions called barycentric coordinates to define how 2D and 3D shapes can move and change shape. Currently, many techniques for…

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MIT Media Coverage: A Look Back at 2023

The year 2023 marked several significant achievements for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as it sought to unravel the mysteries of the inner and outer world. From President Sally Kornbluth's inauguration, Mark Rober's address at the commencement, to Professor Moungi Bawendi winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the institution has had an exciting year. Under…

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Media coverage of MIT: A recap of 2023

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The brain’s language network has to put in more effort when dealing with complicated and unfamiliar sentences.

MIT neuroscientists have used an artificial language network to determine the type of sentences that most stimulate the brain's key language processing regions. Their study reveals that the brain reacts more to complex sentences with unusual grammar or unexpected meaning. Straightforward sentences or nonsensical sequences show little engagement. The researchers focused on language processing regions…

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