Cross Validation (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Cross Validation

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Princeton researchers developed a method to determine the probability of various words being associated with the object a person thought about during a brain scan. They produced color-coded figures that illustrate the probability of words within the Wikipedia article about the object the participant saw during the scan actually being associated with the object. The more red a word is, the more likely a person is to associate it, in this case, with "cow." On the other hand, bright blue suggests a strong correlation with "carrot." Black and grey "neutral" words had no specific association or were not considered at all.

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Courtesy of Francisco Pereira

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