(Calli McMurray) Neuroimaging reveals our brains combine information from different categories of sensory information to drive abstract knowledge.
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Faith, Truth and Forgiveness: How Your Brain Processes Abstract Thoughts
(Neuroscience News) Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have leveraged machine learning to interpret human brain scans, allowing the team to uncover the regions of the brain behind how abstract concepts, like justice, ethics and consciousness, form. The results of this study are available online in the October 29 issue of Cerebral Cortex.