Neural
adjective
Relating to nerves or the nervous system.
The brain is a complex neural system.

Often appears as...
- neural system
- neural network
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Technical
adjective
Relating to a computer model designed to simulate the behavior of the brain.
She's programming a neural network.

Often appears as...
- neural network
- neural model
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Technical
adjective
Relating to nerves or the nervous system.
The brain is a complex neural system.

Often appears as...
- neural system
- neural network
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Relating to a computer model designed to simulate the behavior of the brain.
She's programming a neural network.

Often appears as...
- neural network
- neural model
Usage tips
Technical
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Biology Connection
Understand that 'neural' describes anything linked to the body's nervous system, like nerves and brain functions.

Doctors study neural connections to better understand diseases like Alzheimer's.
Health Context
'Neural' is often used when talking about medical conditions, treatments or research related to the nervous system.

Neural therapies can help remedy some types of nerve damage.
Scientific Jargon
In scientific circles, 'neural' carries an academic tone and is common in discussions about biology or neuroscience.

Her paper focuses on the neural mechanisms of sleep.
Biology Connection
Understand that 'neural' describes anything linked to the body's nervous system, like nerves and brain functions.

Doctors study neural connections to better understand diseases like Alzheimer's.
Health Context
'Neural' is often used when talking about medical conditions, treatments or research related to the nervous system.

Neural therapies can help remedy some types of nerve damage.
Scientific Jargon
In scientific circles, 'neural' carries an academic tone and is common in discussions about biology or neuroscience.

Her paper focuses on the neural mechanisms of sleep.
Biology Connection
Understand that 'neural' describes anything linked to the body's nervous system, like nerves and brain functions.

Doctors study neural connections to better understand diseases like Alzheimer's.
Health Context
'Neural' is often used when talking about medical conditions, treatments or research related to the nervous system.

Neural therapies can help remedy some types of nerve damage.
Scientific Jargon
In scientific circles, 'neural' carries an academic tone and is common in discussions about biology or neuroscience.

Her paper focuses on the neural mechanisms of sleep.
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Human Body 101 PIPE...
The endocrine system is a series of glands that use information carried by the nervous system to help regulate the body's processes Thanks to this neural connection endocrine glands such as the thyroid are aware of the amount of hormones and other chemicals They need to produce these chemicals are then distributed throughout the body by way of the cardiovascular system the
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How playing an...
who showed the same levels of cognitive function and neural processing at the start, found that those who were exposed to a period of music learning showed enhancement in multiple brain areas, compared to the others. This recent research about the mental benefits of playing music has advanced our understanding of mental function,
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What Happens When Tigers...
this one strike and he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother he's gonna be a change I can see already see what I mean about being straw be aren't you yeah that's good you got spirit so this is one we call in spot this neural chat was the first one born and he was the one that
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The benefits of a good...
Thanks to the phenomenon of neuroplasticity, new synaptic buds are formed, allowing new connections between neurons, and strengthening the neural network where the information will be returned as long-term memory. So why do we remember some things and not others? Well, there are a few ways to influence
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What is bipolar...
This process is important because our neural pathways serve as a map for everything we do. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, scientists have discovered that the brain's pruning ability is disrupted in people with bipolar disorder. That means their neurons go haywire
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How to practice...
and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. So what does practice do in our brains to make us better at things? Our brains have two kinds of neural grey matter and white matter. The grey matter processes information in the brain,
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
to solve real-world ai um you you you know because you said what are the road networks designed to to work with they're designed to work with a biological neural net our brains and with uh vision our eyes and so in order to make it work
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Why do we hiccup? - John...
An inhalation that could move water over gills followed by a rapid closure of the glottis preventing water from entering the lungs. That's supported by evidence which suggests that the neural patterning involved in generating a hiccup
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Are you a body with a...
such as neural prosthetics and wearable robots that could become extended parts of our bodies. Or the slightly more radical idea of mind uploading, which dangles the possibility of immortal life without a body
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How DARPA is creating...
comes a condition of military service in a possible future neural tech not narrow technologies could enable people across society to overcome depression to boost our physical health to learn complex
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Human Body 101 PIPE...
The endocrine system is a series of glands that use information carried by the nervous system to help regulate the body's processes Thanks to this neural connection endocrine glands such as the thyroid are aware of the amount of hormones and other chemicals They need to produce these chemicals are then distributed throughout the body by way of the cardiovascular system the
Video examples
How playing an...
who showed the same levels of cognitive function and neural processing at the start, found that those who were exposed to a period of music learning showed enhancement in multiple brain areas, compared to the others. This recent research about the mental benefits of playing music has advanced our understanding of mental function,
Video examples
What Happens When Tigers...
this one strike and he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother he's gonna be a change I can see already see what I mean about being straw be aren't you yeah that's good you got spirit so this is one we call in spot this neural chat was the first one born and he was the one that
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The benefits of a good...
Thanks to the phenomenon of neuroplasticity, new synaptic buds are formed, allowing new connections between neurons, and strengthening the neural network where the information will be returned as long-term memory. So why do we remember some things and not others? Well, there are a few ways to influence
Video examples
What is bipolar...
This process is important because our neural pathways serve as a map for everything we do. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, scientists have discovered that the brain's pruning ability is disrupted in people with bipolar disorder. That means their neurons go haywire
Video examples
How to practice...
and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. So what does practice do in our brains to make us better at things? Our brains have two kinds of neural grey matter and white matter. The grey matter processes information in the brain,
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
to solve real-world ai um you you you know because you said what are the road networks designed to to work with they're designed to work with a biological neural net our brains and with uh vision our eyes and so in order to make it work
Video examples
Why do we hiccup? - John...
An inhalation that could move water over gills followed by a rapid closure of the glottis preventing water from entering the lungs. That's supported by evidence which suggests that the neural patterning involved in generating a hiccup
Video examples
Are you a body with a...
such as neural prosthetics and wearable robots that could become extended parts of our bodies. Or the slightly more radical idea of mind uploading, which dangles the possibility of immortal life without a body
Video examples
How DARPA is creating...
comes a condition of military service in a possible future neural tech not narrow technologies could enable people across society to overcome depression to boost our physical health to learn complex
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Joshua Foer
American Journalist
If you want to make information stick, it's best to learn it, go away from it for a while, come back to it later, leave it behind again, and once again return to it - to engage with it deeply across time. Our memories naturally degrade, but each time you return to a memory, you reactivate its neural network and help to lock it in.

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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories.

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Eric Kandel
American Scientist
A brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety state really feels like. Both perspectives are necessary if we are to fully grasp the nature of the mind, yet they are rarely brought together.

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Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing it.

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Geoffrey Hinton
British Psychologist
Now that neural nets work, industry and government have started calling neural nets AI. And the people in AI who spent all their life mocking neural nets and saying they'd never do anything are now happy to call them AI and try and get some of the money.

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Kate Atkinson
English Author
When I'm writing, my neural pathways get blocked. I can't read. I can barely hold a conversation without forgetting words and names. I wish I could wear the same clothes and eat the same food each day.

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Sergey Brin
American Businessman
Having been trained as a computer scientist in the '90s, everybody knew that AI didn't work. People tried it. They tried neural nets, and none of it worked.

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Michael Gove
British Politician
It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.

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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.

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Jeff Dean
American Musician
Deep neural networks are responsible for some of the greatest advances in modern computer science.

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Joshua Foer
American Journalist
If you want to make information stick, it's best to learn it, go away from it for a while, come back to it later, leave it behind again, and once again return to it - to engage with it deeply across time. Our memories naturally degrade, but each time you return to a memory, you reactivate its neural network and help to lock it in.

Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories.

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Eric Kandel
American Scientist
A brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety state really feels like. Both perspectives are necessary if we are to fully grasp the nature of the mind, yet they are rarely brought together.

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Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing it.

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Geoffrey Hinton
British Psychologist
Now that neural nets work, industry and government have started calling neural nets AI. And the people in AI who spent all their life mocking neural nets and saying they'd never do anything are now happy to call them AI and try and get some of the money.

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Kate Atkinson
English Author
When I'm writing, my neural pathways get blocked. I can't read. I can barely hold a conversation without forgetting words and names. I wish I could wear the same clothes and eat the same food each day.

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Sergey Brin
American Businessman
Having been trained as a computer scientist in the '90s, everybody knew that AI didn't work. People tried it. They tried neural nets, and none of it worked.

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Michael Gove
British Politician
It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.

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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.

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Jeff Dean
American Musician
Deep neural networks are responsible for some of the greatest advances in modern computer science.

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