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Bot Discovers Why Some Autistic Adults Can’t Detect Emotion
The AI was able to mimic the human brain.
Tony Ho Tran Deputy Editor, Innovation & Tech
Updated Jun. 18, 2022 4:31AM ET / Published Jun. 17, 2022 2:11PM ET
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A paper published on Wednesday in The Journal of Neuroscience unveiled research that found that neurotypical adults (those not displaying autistic characteristics) and adults with autism might have key differences in a region of their brain called the IT cortex. These differences could determine whether or not they can detect emotions via facial expressions.
“For visual behaviors, the study suggests that [the IT cortex] plays a strong role,” Kohitij Kar, a neuroscientist at MIT and author of the study, told The Daily Beast. “But it might not be the only region. Other regions like amygdala have been implicated strongly as well. But these studies illustrate how having good [AI models] of the brain will be key to identifying those regions as well.”
Kar’s neural network actually draws on a previous experiment conducted by ...
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