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The brain’s language network has to exert more effort when dealing with sentences that are intricate and unknown.

Researchers from MIT have been using a language processing AI to study what type of phrases trigger activity in the brain's language processing areas. They found that complex sentences requiring decoding or unfamiliar words triggered higher responses in these areas than simple or nonsensical sentences. The AI was trained on 1,000 sentences from diverse sources,…

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

Scientists from MIT have used an artificial language network to investigate the types of sentences likely to stimulate the brain's primary language processing areas. The research shows that more complicated phrases, owing to their unconventional grammatical structures or unexpected meanings, generate stronger responses in these centres. However, direct and obvious sentences prompt barely any engagement,…

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Improved coding, planning, and robotics performance can be attributed to the enhancement brought about by natural language.

Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) presented three papers at the International Conference on Learning Representations, indicating breakthroughs in Large Language Models' (LLMs) abilities to form useful abstractions. The team used everyday words for context in code synthesis, AI planning, and robotic navigation and manipulation. The three frameworks, LILO, Ada,…

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Intricate and unfamiliar phrases require more effort from the brain’s language processing system.

With the assistance of an artificial language network, MIT neuroscientists have discovered what types of sentences serve to stimulate the brain's primary language processing regions. In a study published in Nature Human Behavior, they revealed that these areas respond more robustly to sentences that display complexity, either due to unconventional grammar or unexpected meaning. Evelina Fedorenko,…

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The language network of our brain has to exert more effort when dealing with intricate and unfamiliar sentences.

Neuroscientists at MIT, with the aid of an artificial language network, have determined the type of sentences that most likely activate the brain's main language processing centers. The recently published study demonstrates that sentences which are more complex, either due to exceptional grammar or unexpected meanings, stimulate stronger responses in these regions. On the other…

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Intricate and unfamiliar phrases cause the brain’s language system to exert more effort.

In collaboration with an artificial language network, neuroscientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revealed what type of sentences most significantly engage the brain’s primary language processing areas. The study indicates that sentences featuring unusual grammar or unexpected meaning trigger a heightened response in these language-oriented regions, as opposed to more straightforward phrases, which…

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A versatile approach to assist animators in enhancing their animation skills.

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created a technique that allows animators to have a more significant scale of control over their works. The researchers have developed a method that produces mathematical functions known as "barycentric coordinates," which indicate how 2D and 3D shapes can move, stretch, and contour in space.…

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Unfamiliar and complex sentences increase the workload on the brain’s language processing system.

Using an artificial language network, MIT neuroscientists have found that sentences with unusual grammar or unexpected meanings tend to strongly activate the brain's key language processing centers. In contrast, straightforward sentences cause only minimal engagement of these regions, as do nonsensical sequences of words. The researchers discovered this by analyzing how human participants' brain network…

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A versatile remedy to assist animators in enhancing their animation skills.

Artists behind animated movies and video games may soon have greater control over their animations through a new technique devised by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The approach employs barycentric coordinates, mathematical functions that articulate how 2D and 3D figures can be manipulated through space. Existing solutions are often limited, providing a single…

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A versatile approach to assist creatives in enhancing animation.

A new technique for maximizing control over animations has been developed by researchers at MIT. The technique offers animators the ability to mold the movements and image of characters in 2D and 3D animations to their individual requirements, through the use of barycentric coordinates, mathematical functions that determine how shapes flex, bend and move in…

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