Why Can’t A Computer Be More Like A Brain?
“Computers, at long last, can play winning chess. But the program that can beat the world champion can’t talk about chess, let alone learn backgammon. Today’s programs-at best-solve specific problems. Where humans have broad and flexible capabilities, computers do not. ”
Scientists have discovered that a small protein called SUMO helps to control the excitability of our brain cells. The researchers hope that their findings could lead to the development of new treatments for diseases such as epilepsy and schizophrenia.
The work, which was partly funded under the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme, is published online by the journal Nature.
Source: European Commission, Research, Information Centre
Modern robotics provides many hopes in the field of medicine. Patients in rehabilitation can expect a closer working relationship with robotics, yielding impressive results.
Scientists have succeeded in erasing the memory of a traumatic event while leaving other, associated memories intact.
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