Foreign Accent Syndrome, AI Reads Minds, Alien Marsh

Today you’ll learn about how foreign accent syndrome works, how an AI algorithm can create a physical copy of a mental picture, and how invasive marsh grass is taking over China’s coastline.Foreign Accent Syndrome “Scientists reveal why American man with prostate cancer developed ‘uncontrolled’ Irish accent” by Vishwam Shankaranhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/american-man-irish-brogue-prostate-cancer-b2292537.html?utm_source=reddit.com“Foreign accent syndrome as a heralding manifestation of transformation to small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer” by Amanda Broderick et al.https://casereports.bmj.com/content/16/1/e251655“After Surgery: Discomforts and Complications” by Johns Hopkins Medicinehttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/after-surgery-discomforts-and-complications“A Man’s Prostate Cancer Gave Him An 'Uncontrollable' Irish Accent” by Ed Carahttps://gizmodo.com/prostate-cancer-caused-irish-accent-medical-case-1850088239“A man in the US got prostate cancer. It made him start speaking with an Irish accent.” by Catherine Schuster-Brucehttps://www.insider.com/man-us-prostate-cancer-irish-accent-2023-2AI Reads Minds  “AI re-creates what people see by reading their brain scans” by Kamal Nahashttps://www.science.org/content/article/ai-re-creates-what-people-see-reading-their-brain-scans“High-resolution image reconstruction with latent diffusion models from human brain activity” by Yu Takagi and Shinji Nishimotohttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.18.517004v2Alien Marsh“China battles alien marsh grass at unprecedented scale” by Erik Stokstadhttps://www.science.org/content/article/china-battles-alien-marsh-grass-unprecedented-scale“Spartina invasive management - a review of the evidence” by Sam Reynolds et al.https://osf.io/vpswn“China aims to contain proliferation of invasive plant by 2025” by Xinhuahttps://english.news.cn/20230216/322678d5264347dda95d17f928263b5a/c.htmlFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/foreign-accent-syndrome-ai-reads-minds-alien-marsh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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