The system uses a machine learning technique called attention-based map encoding, trained through reinforcement learning.

The Perceiver is kind-of a way-station on the way to what Google AI lead Jeff Dean has described as one model that could handle any task, and “learn” faster, with less data.

After training a machine learning model on the patients’ functional brain images and clinical assessments, the researchers found that the model was able to predict an individual’s PTSD symptom ...