Chelation therapy for autism involves the use of drugs to clear heavy metals from the body, which some people believe causes autism. It is an alternative therapy that has little proven benefit but one ...

Kennedy Jr., his pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, with looking into the health effects of vaccines and why autism diagnoses are on the rise in America. “I think somebody ...

With colleagues at Washington State University, Chi asked hundreds of people to evaluate the human qualities of a series of robots that ranged from tabletop, metal-clad gizmos to full-sized, lifelike ...

This finding, in addition to the well-known vocal mimicry skills of parrots, highlights their remarkable motor imitation abilities. The research also suggests the possibility of a mirror-neuron ...

A high school in Pincourt, Que. was put on lockdown and two minors have been arrested after a student allegedly entered the school with an “imitation firearm.” Quebec provincial police (SQ ...

Many approaches designed to train robots to successfully tackle these tasks rely on imitation learning. This means that the algorithms planning the robots' actions learn policies that would allow the ...

With more attention being paid to autism and a noticeable increase in autism diagnoses, you may be wondering what causes it and whether it is genetic or environmental. The causes of autism are complex ...

One of the most promising approaches to teaching robots how to complete manual tasks such as cleaning dishes or preparing food is known as imitation learning. End-to-end imitation learning typically ...