How does a marmoset know which vocalizations are his own?
How can an individual correctly determine that the perceived sounds are indeed self-produced, rather than coming from an external source?
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Akseli Ilmanen
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Feb 31 min read
Variational Autoencoders, UMAP and birdsong
Using the paper Goffinet et al., 2021 and birdsong data, I explain how Variational Autoencoders and UMAP works.
Aug 10, 20238 min read
Talking to a crow will be possible in 50 years
“The Dr. Dolittle Challenge - can you build an AI that communicates with animals”? Corvids, neuroscience, and multimodal AI, can handle it.
Jan 16, 202313 min read
Brain-body size divergence in birds: An evolutionary, morphological and ecological case
Named after Edward Cope, Cope’s rule states that species in mammalian clades tend to increase in size over the Cenozoic era (Hone and Benton
Dec 1, 20227 min read
Understanding religious violence beyond the 'modernity-religion' dichotomy
When trying to understand religious violence, Western media often adopts a substantive and private conceptualization of religion.
Oct 25, 202234 min read
The evolution of the posterior cingulate cortex: Landmarks, autobiographical memories, and self
Many have pointed out that the neuronal dynamics in the hippocampus or entorhinal cortex enabling spatial navigation, may also facilitate...
May 8, 20223 min read
Getting to know AI
‘Select all squares with traffic lights’ is a common online prompt to prove that you’re not a robot. It is also a typical task in machine...
Feb 9, 20223 min read
Shooting your shot: Using reinforcement learning approaches to study place learning
Would you be able to find a café after just one previous visit? The answer for human and non-human animals is yes: they have the ability...
Mar 1, 202118 min read
Foucault, social media and climate change deniers: Disciplining abnormality through internet memes
Internet memes about climate change deniers are typically seen as harmless. Yet, when understanding the denialist critique of climate...
Feb 27, 202110 min read
What is real and what is observable are not the same
Let's imagine the following thought experiment. A primary school child finds out that besides all the other colours she is aware of,...
Nov 5, 20205 min read
Drop-outs: Not just a Problem in Schools
Are drop-out rates in therapy the new “elephant in the room”? No, it’s probably worse; the elephant has been standing there for decades....
Apr 23, 20206 min read
Spotting the Snowflake Paradox in the Novel Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, envisioned how the desire of “snowflakes” to avoid confrontational ideas would lead to book...
Apr 15, 20204 min read
The Gender Pay Gap Has Its Roots Way Below the Glass Ceiling (revived)
Everyone disagrees on the ‘right numbers’ for the gender pay gap. But do we even know what causes it? Eurostat defines the unadjusted...
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