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Learning machines: The education of an animat

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Learning machines: The education of an animat

It starts off as unformed as any other infant, but this virtual rat's knack for learning could take it a long way – perhaps all the way to Mars

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Natural brain state is primed to learn

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Natural brain state is primed to learn

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Brain's synaptic pruning continues into your 20s

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Age no excuse for failing to learn a new language

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Crows tell the world who's bad

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Crows tell the world who's bad

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Memory may be built with standard building blocks

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Memory may be built with standard building blocks

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Mongooses who can, teach

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Mongooses who can, teach

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The ups and downs of speech that we all understand

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Eat bacteria to boost brain power

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Eat bacteria to boost brain power

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Sleeping newborns are data sponges

The ability to learn in their sleep may speed newborns' adjustment to life in the open air

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Gene switch rejuvenates failing mouse brains

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Why teenagers find learning a drag

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Sleep success: How to make ZZZs = memory

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Dreams of Doom help gamers learn

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