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What exactly happens when we read computer code? Some interesting research was recently funded to find out by the National Science Foundation, the Department of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Four researchers three from MIT and one from Tufts University performed MRI scans on the brains of dozens of participants performing “program comprehension tasks” in which they predicted a program’s output.
The idea was to determine how exactly computer code is comprehended in the brain how the variables, function names, and keywords become meaningful expressions and then coalesce into a larger whole. Would there be clues for computer science educators or even some tantalizing insights for the IT world’s developers? And perhaps most notably for computer programming instructors, it seeks to answer the question what part of the brain is most responsible for learning coding skills. Is it the
Facing Deportation, They Fled to the Safety of a Church. Now They Are Free.
A Jamaican couple spent nearly two and a half years inside Philadelphia churches, isolated even further by the pandemic. This month, U.S. immigration officials relented.
Clive and Oneita Thompson fled gang violence in Jamaica in 2004 and sought asylum in the United States.Credit.Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer, via Associated Press
Dec. 24, 2020
Hand in hand, Oneita and Clive Thompson danced out of the Tabernacle United Church in Philadelphia, their fists raised in victory. The Jamaican couple had spent nearly two and a half years living in churches to avoid deportation.
Oneita and Clive Thompson lived in two different churches over the span of 843 days. The husband and wife fled from Jamaica’s gang violence in 2004 with their children. According to the news outlet, Oneita said her brother was killed and Clive was threatened before their departure.
Although they were initially denied asylum, the Thompson’s were allowed to stay in the United States and received work authorization. The couple also participated in regular check-ins with ICE.
The family moved to Cedarville, New Jersey, and lived there for 14 years. Oneita worked as a nursing assistant, Clive worked with heavy machinery at the Cumberland Dairy processing facility, and together they raised their seven kids,
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