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Can artificial intelligence tell a polar bear from a can opener?
UCLA psychologists’ experiments demonstrate severe limitations of ‘deep learning’ machines How smart is the form of artificial intelligence known as […]
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Your brain rewards you twice per meal: When you eat and when food reaches your stomach
We know a good meal can stimulate the release of the feel-good hormone dopamine, and now a study in humans […]
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Playing high school football changes the teenage brain
MRI study reveals that repeated blows to the head cause microscopic changes in young players’ brains A single season of […]
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A new model for how working memory gets you through the day
Important because it is mundane, working memory gets us through every day by allowing us, for instance, to follow the […]
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World’s largest sleep study shows too much shut-eye can be bad for your brain
Preliminary results from the world’s largest sleep study have shown that people who sleep on average between 7 to 8 […]
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How the brain learns during sleep
Sleep helps to consolidate memories Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Bonn have investigated which activity patterns occur […]
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Scientists uncover why you can’t decide what to order for lunch
If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a lengthy restaurant menu and been completely unable to decide what to order […]
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Hardwired for laziness? Tests show the human brain must work hard to avoid sloth
If getting to the gym seems like a struggle, a University of British Columbia researcher wants you to know this: […]
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To flee or not to flee: how the brain decides what to do in the face of danger
Scientists identify variables that lead the brain to apply specific defensive strategies and uncover a particular pair of neurons crucial […]
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This is how the brain forgets on purpose
Two brain regions apparently play a pivotal role in forgetting Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University Hospital of Gießen […]