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Researchers from MIT, led by neuroscience associate professor Evelina Fedorenko, have used an artificial language network to identify which types of sentences most effectively engage the brain’s language processing centers. The study showed that sentences of complex structure or unexpected meaning created strong responses, while straightforward or nonsensical sentences did little to engage these areas.…

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,…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…