Modular brains help organisms learn new skills without forgetting old skills
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 13:30
in Psychology & Sociology
New research suggests that when brains are organized into modules they are better at learning new information without forgetting old knowledge. The findings—published this week in PLOS Computational Biology—not only shed light on the evolution of intelligence in natural animals, but will also accelerate attempts to create artificial intelligence (AI).