Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBiology! We combine time-resolved behavioral and neuroimaging methods to track and decode changes in meaning representation. https://t.co/WxMYet0ooE
Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives.
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Several discussions highlight the complexities surrounding negation in language, with users referencing insights from the article about how negation affects cognitive processing. Phrases like 'brilliant video' and 'must consider' illustrate enthusiasm and recognition of the relevance of negation in AI contexts. This choice of words and tone reflects an engaging and supportive attitude towards the research, contributing to the overall positive sentiment.
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Abstract in brief
- Negation affects how we understand adjectives by softening their meaning instead of flipping it completely.
- Participants in experiments initially interpret negated adjectives (like "not good") more positively before adjusting their understanding, but they don't perceive them as the direct opposite.
- Neuroimaging results show that the brain processes negated adjectives differently and less effectively than affirmative ones, indicating that negation serves to moderate meaning through specific brain activity patterns.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyNegation/saying no/denial is a fundamental but not super-well understood part of cognition/language. New paper by @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @PabloRiVi @GwilliamsL WyMin Lin: behavior+MEG highlight important aspects. Not a bad paper. #PLOSBiology https://t.co/sgVdmsG4tP
The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives as affirmative and later modify their interpretation towards (but never exactly as) the opposite meaning #language #PLOSBiology https://t.co/FMkc9PF40I https://t.co/POcqyoobko
I could very well be wrong here but AI is just a pattern recognition machine kan? It doesn't understand and process language the same as we do. Im not sure that it has the ability to discriminate between true and false values. https://t.co/q6eYAoTh8o https://t.co/fc8m0zd841
PLOS BIOLOGY Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/rcH0xrarzi
The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives as affirmative and later modify their interpretation towards (but never exactly as) the opposite meaning #language #PLOSBiology https://t.co/FMkc9PF40I https://t.co/450hsfY7u9
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Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics | Otherwords
Understanding Negation in Language and A.I.
AI tends to struggle with negatives. youtu.be/cp0QhCV5uHw?...
Storied delves into a fascinating debate in linguistics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbrh_t8WhBc 10/x #Language #Linguistics #Academics #Grammar
@DenLoginoff @MrChinellato @dhh LLMs seem to handle it better, when I find a way to phrase my request affirmatively. (E.g. "remove any [em dashes / comments]" > "stop using [em dash / comments]") I watched a short PBS video about this, the other day: https://t.co/C6LUrgBv0S https://t.co/O5ipQ4DwQB
「AIは否定語が苦手」……(´・ω・`) 日本語でもそうなんやろか……(´・ω・`) Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words | Otherwords https://t.co/dVnWiJKH6f via @YouTube
This is a brilliant video - entertaining and you will write better AI prompts "Why AI Struggles With Negative Words" - Otherwords with Dr. Erica Brozovsky Follow Erica - give her a mention @ericabrozovsky.bsky.social The entire series is a terrific watch - #bingeworthy youtu.be/cp0QhCV5uHw?...
This is a brilliant video - entertaining and you will write better AI prompts "Why AI Struggles With Negative Words" - Otherwords with Dr. Erica Brozovsky Follow Erica - give her a mention @ericabrozovsky.bsky.social The entire series is a terrific watch - #bingeworthy youtu.be/cp0QhCV5uHw?...
Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words | Otherwords https://t.co/LhOtMrV5GM via @YouTube
Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words | Otherwords https://t.co/0GYF4w4Lwt via @YouTube
Language youtu.be/bbrh_t8WhBc?...
https://t.co/JxJvZ0MpF9
Y'all sleeping on the best show on YouTube: this linguist explaining deeply complex topics in the welcoming style of a PBS kids show, complete with high-quality graphics, sound effects, and animations and literally made by PBS. youtu.be/bbrh_t8WhBc?...
I can’t say enough good things about the Otherwords series by Dr Erica Brozovsky on PBS’s YouTube channel. The animation is clever, the ideas are clearly presented, the attitude is inclusive and respectful, and it makes even the driest topics fun. youtu.be/bbrh_t8WhBc?...
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RT @HelmiHarieri: I could very well be wrong here but AI is just a pattern recognition machine kan? It doesn't understand and process lang…
RT @HelmiHarieri: I could very well be wrong here but AI is just a pattern recognition machine kan? It doesn't understand and process lang…
I could very well be wrong here but AI is just a pattern recognition machine kan? It doesn't understand and process language the same as we do. Im not sure that it has the ability to discriminate between true and false values. https://t.co/q6eYAoTh8o https://t.co/fc8m0zd841
youtu.be/cp0QhCV5uHw?...
This PBS Otherwords episode explains how, in languages, negation is seemingly simple but actually rather complex, such that artificial intelligence tends to struggle more with negation than most other things. https://t.co/w51SIZYyaS
別に否定って人間にとっても高度なんやってな https://t.co/Z0JynFXluk
Otherwords w/ @ericabrozovsky.bsky.social is always a fun #linguistic watch! Recent video on negation is great! youtu.be/cp0QhCV5uHw Loved the part on LLMs + negation! Can see why it'd be difficult for it to recognize the pattern but it's not the worst at language ; ) Love me some morning NLP
RT @SinginGlass: ちょうどYouTubeで「AIは何故否定表現が苦手なのか」という動画を見たところだったのでタイムリー https://t.co/RKRAsMdOhq
Let's talk about the words "No" and "Not" with with today Otherwords with @EricaBrozovsky. @PBSDS https://t.co/74OpJ3bpid
youtu.be/cp0QhCV5uHw?...
I'm never gonna not dance again. —Pink https://t.co/OQPo2Dyn55
Why NO and NOT Are Not Words That Never Get Confusing | Otherwords https://t.co/F47DChHYK7 via @YouTube
ちょうどYouTubeで「AIは何故否定表現が苦手なのか」という動画を見たところだったのでタイムリー https://t.co/RKRAsMdOhq https://t.co/TqJtlN4Lef
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RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @leafs_s: PLOS BIOLOGY Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/rcH0xrarzi
RT @leafs_s: PLOS BIOLOGY Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/rcH0xrarzi
RT @leafs_s: PLOS BIOLOGY Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/rcH0xrarzi
PLOS BIOLOGY Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/rcH0xrarzi
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
NEW RESEARCH @PLOSBiology: "Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives" by @AriannaZuanazzi @nyuniversity and colleagues. https://t.co/cjRKZNqmz6
"The analysis of negation provides a steppingstone to understand how the human brain represents changes of meaning over time." Warum man nicht an einen rosa Elefanten nicht denken kann. https://t.co/mbK5HP9Eid
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
Not... is not what you think The analysis of negation provides a steppingstone to understand how the human brain represents changes of meaning over time. Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @leafs_s: PLOS BIOLOGY Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/rcH0xraZoQ
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @leafs_s: PLOS BIOLOGY Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/rcH0xraZoQ
PLOS BIOLOGY Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/rcH0xraZoQ
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
RT @AriannaZuanazzi: Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBio…
Excited to share our new study on how negation transforms the neural representation of adjectives, now out in @PlosBiology! We combine time-resolved behavioral and neuroimaging methods to track and decode changes in meaning representation. https://t.co/WxMYet0ooE
.@cas_coopmans @annacmai & @andrea_e_martin explore a #PLOSBiology study which shows that we first interpret negated adjectives as affirmative and later modify their interpretation towards the opposite meaning. Primer: https://t.co/6cgpD7QFnF Paper: https://t.co/FMkc9PEwba
.@cas_coopmans @annacmai & @andrea_e_martin explore a #PLOSBiology study which shows that we first interpret negated adjectives as affirmative and later modify their interpretation towards the opposite meaning. Primer: https://t.co/6cgpD7Rddd Paper: https://t.co/FMkc9PF40I
RT @davidpoeppel: Negation/saying no/denial is a fundamental but not super-well understood part of cognition/language. New paper by @Ariann…
RT @davidpoeppel: Negation/saying no/denial is a fundamental but not super-well understood part of cognition/language. New paper by @Ariann…
RT @davidpoeppel: Negation/saying no/denial is a fundamental but not super-well understood part of cognition/language. New paper by @Ariann…
Negation/saying no/denial is a fundamental but not super-well understood part of cognition/language. New paper by @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @PabloRiVi @GwilliamsL WyMin Lin: behavior+MEG highlight important aspects. Not a bad paper. #PLOSBiology https://t.co/sgVdmsG4tP
Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/OX5XQBQmyx
Negation lasts longer
RT @PLOSBiology: The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives…
RT @PLOSBiology: The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives…
RT @PLOSBiology: The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives…
RT @PLOSBiology: The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives…
RT @PLOSBiology: The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives…
The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives as affirmative and later modify their interpretation towards (but never exactly as) the opposite meaning #language #PLOSBiology https://t.co/FMkc9PF40I https://t.co/450hsfY7u9
RT @PLOSBiology: The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives…
RT @PLOSBiology: The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives…
The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives as affirmative and later modify their interpretation towards (but never exactly as) the opposite meaning #language #PLOSBiology https://t.co/FMkc9PF40I https://t.co/rnblXsGSRN
RT @PLOSBiology: The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives…
RT @PLOSBiology: The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives…
The meaning of "no": @AriannaZuanazzi @JeanRemiKing @davidpoeppel &co show that humans first interpret negated adjectives as affirmative and later modify their interpretation towards (but never exactly as) the opposite meaning #language #PLOSBiology https://t.co/FMkc9PF40I https://t.co/POcqyoobko
Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives PLOS ONE https://t.co/qwHKDJ3i3e
Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/AqaFnveddC https://t.co/E8WOuEWjzg
※実験には #金沢工業大学 先端電子技術応用研究所 が開発した157チャンネルのMEG(脳磁計)が使われています。 Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives PLOS BIOLOGY Published: May 30, 2024 https://t.co/fDB1fVmdus
Bad news for elementary logic: in the brain, the negation of A does not imply its opposite B https://t.co/YjjGhPe2yK
RT @NeuroscienceNew: “Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives” by Arianna Zuanazzi et al. PLOS Biol…
“Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives” by Arianna Zuanazzi et al. PLOS Biology https://t.co/xWQvEB1Uac 3/3
Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives https://t.co/QY5pWDTjOP