In transformational game design, developing a clear, shared vision of how the player should change as a result of the game is a critical and ongoing process. However, multidisciplinary teams, particularly those comprised of both expert and novice designers and researchers, may experience barriers to a shared vision due to disparate vocabulary and theoretical frameworks. Adding a new contributio...

Present Condition.?He is extremely weak, thin and ansemic, and has the appearance of being in continual pain. His urine is foul and contains pus. He has a small sinus opening at the apex of Scarpa's triangle 011 the front of the right thigh. A probe passes upwards along the sinus through the obturator foramen just behind the ascending ramus of the os pubis into the pelvis. Here it impinges on a...

We explore the idea of adding the ability to learn time dependent tasks into the Intelligent Adaptive Curiosity (IAC) learning scheme as presented by Oudeyer, et al. [2004, 2006]. We use a three layer architecture (IGE) consisting of a bottom-level IAC brain, an Elman network, and a toplevel IAC brain. For both IAC brains we use the equilibrium Growing Neural Gas (GNG) algorithm to cluster the ...

www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 337 28 SEPTEMBER 2012 1575 COVER A biodegradable integrated circuit (length: ~2.54 centimeters) shown partially dissolved by a droplet of water. This demonstration system includes transistors; diodes; inductors and capacitors, with magnesium for the electrodes/interconnects; magnesium oxide for the gate/interlayer dielectrics; silicon nanomembranes for the semicon...

EDITORS' INTRODUCTION The following reminiscence by Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams is the eighth autobiography in a series published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. These have been solicited from senior members of the neuropathology community who have been noted leaders and contributors to neuroscience and to the American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) and have a ...

PERSPECTIVES 476 Tolerance for Predatory Wildlife A. Treves and J. Bruskotter 477 Dysfunctional Mechanosensing in Aneurysms J. D. Humphrey et al. 479 Forming Terrestrial Planets J. Chambers 480 A New Wrap for Neuronal Activity? M. E. Bechler and C. ffrench-Constant >> Research Article p. 487 482 Assembly and Disassembly of Ferrocene-Based Nanotubes Z. M. Hudson and I. Manners >> Report p. 499 4...

Curiosity has been described as a desire for learning and knowledge, but its underlying mechanisms are not well understood. We scanned subjects with functional magnetic resonance imaging while they read trivia questions. The level of curiosity when reading questions was correlated with activity in caudate regions previously suggested to be involved in anticipated reward. This finding led to a b...