This Week in Neuroscience News: Top 5 Articles of the Week – June 11, 2023

Summary: This week’s top five neuroscience breakthroughs bring to light fascinating insights into human cognition, emotion, and physical attributes. From a potential cure for baldness to new insight into how…

Commute no more: US employees embrace telework

Amy Whetzel works in her boat, Miranda, anchored in Mayo, Maryland, about an hour’s drive form the US capital. Commuting to and from the office five times a week? “It’s…

Can a chatbot preach a good sermon? Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT to find out

People attend a church service in Nuremberg, Germany, Friday, June 9, 2023. Hundreds of German Protestants have attended a church service in Bavaria that was generated almost entirely by artificial…

Mapping Emotion Recognition in Children

Summary: Researchers discovered children’s ability to process emotional cues is largely established by the time they start school. Analyzing brain scans from children aged five to 15, the study revealed…

Daring Differently: Gender Differences in Risk-Taking Behavior

Summary: A new study sheds light on gender differences in risk-taking behavior. The research reveals women are more averse to risk than men due to heightened sensitivity to potential losses.…

Unmasking Anosognosia: Revealing Hidden Brain Networks in Unawareness

Summary: Researchers identified specific brain network connections associated with anosognosia, a condition where patients are unaware of their neurological or psychiatric deficits. Using a technique called lesion network mapping, they…

Breaking through the limits of stretchable semiconductors with molecular brakes that harness light

Research Image. Credit: POSTECH Like the brakes that stop cars, a molecular brake exists that can prevent semiconductor chains from slipping, enabling the creation of more groundbreaking devices. Recently, a…

Advances in eco-friendly gas insulating medium for next-generation SF6-free equipment

Studying art history to understand AI evolution

Two approaches to learn drawing. On the left, a plate from the classic Charles Bargue drawing course 1875 where the student is asked to reproduce “as seen” exactly the shape…

AI statue designed by Michelangelo on show in Sweden

The world’s first Al sculpture “The Impossible Statue”, on display at Stockholm’s National Museum of Science and Technology © Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP A historical dream team of five master…