Teaching AI to communicate sounds like humans do
Inspired by the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education.
Inspired by the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education.
McGovern Institute neuroscientists use children’s interests to probe language in the brain.
Four professors and an additional alumnus honored with nation’s highest awards for scientists and engineers; Moderna, with deep MIT roots, also recognized.
The neuroscientist turned entrepreneur will focus on advancing the intersection of behavioral science and AI across MIT.
At a symposium of the Simons Center for the Social Brain, six speakers described a diversity of recently launched studies aimed at improving understanding of the autistic brain.
Research could help improve motor rehabilitation programs and assistive robot control.
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The MIT sophomore and award-winning memory champion explains what these competitions are all about and why you might want to build a “memory palace.”
Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo will start postgraduate studies at Oxford next fall.
Using fMRI, the research team identified 24 networks that perform specific functions within the brain’s cerebral cortex.
The new Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support leading postdocs to bring cutting-edge AI to bear on research in scientific discovery or music.
The newly identified pathways appear to relay emotional information that helps to shape the motivation to take action.
The new study also identifies factors that can make these efforts more successful.
The devices could be a useful tool for biomedical research, and possible clinical use in the future.