A new study published in Science Advances presents a method that converts human brain activity into coherent, descriptive text—even when the brain is not actively processing language. Instead of ...

A new brain decoding method called mind captioning can generate accurate text descriptions of what a person is seeing or recalling—without relying on the brain's language system.

Most studies on the use of punched cards and computers in archaeology seem to take for granted that scientific standards exist to express the data upon which algorithms are to be performed, for ...

Understanding the complexities of modern life is overwhelming. The constant bombardment of information is the new norm. Parsing through seemingly divergent pieces of information about topics of ...

Every month or so, someone (usually very smart and passionate) sends me a detailed proposal for a new diagnostic system offered as an alternative to the jumbled, pedestrian, atheoretical, and purely ...

The primary goal of evaluating outbreak detection methods is to make inferences about their effectiveness. An unbiased assessment of performance is critical for identifying the most appropriate ...

Researchers at Oregon State University and Dow Neurobiology developed a standardized aroma lexicon for characterizing the aromatic attributes of Cannabis inflorescence with an associated sensory ...