Tech

Some types of brain studies need thousands of participants to be reliable

(credit: Deanna Barch) One of the unfortunate realities of science is that small data sets often produce unreliable results, as any minor, random fluctuations can have a large impact. One solution to this issue has been building ever-larger data sets, where these fluctuations tend to be small compared to any actual effects. One of the […]

Tech

How does the brain interpret computer languages?

Enlarge (credit: Barcroft Media / Getty Images) In the US, a 2016 Gallup poll found that the majority of schools want to start teaching code, with 66% of K-12 school principals thinking that computer science learning should be incorporated into other subjects.  Most countries in Europe have added coding classes and computer science to their […]