Summary: Researchers have found that ketamine’s antidepressant effects target astroglia, a type of brain support cell, rather than neurons, challenging conventional views. Using zebrafish, scientists observed that ketamine suppressed the…
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AI Tweaks Personality Tests to Appear More Likable
Summary: Large language models (LLMs) can identify when they are being given personality tests and adjust their responses to appear more socially desirable. Researchers found that LLMs, like GPT-4, showed…
Being Watched Changes How Your Brain Processes Faces
Summary: A new study shows that knowing you’re under surveillance triggers a faster, automatic brain response to detect faces and gaze direction. Researchers found that participants monitored via CCTV became…
Hybrid machine learning model predicts financial market volatility with increased accuracy
Daily volatility prediction results from all tested models on the out-of-sample testing set on the S&P 500 Index. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering With volatility so closely tied to…
Twin Dynamics: How Developmental Differences Shape Dominance Roles
Summary: A new study reveals that developmental differences strongly influence dominance roles in twin relationships, with typically developing twins perceived as dominant over their nontypically developing siblings. This dominance imbalance…
Test facility unveils digital twin, making its physical AV testing facility available for free in the virtual world
A digital recreation of the Mcity Test Facility will enable researchers anywhere to test their autonomous algorithms without having to travel to Ann Arbor. Credit: Darian Hogue, Mcity The first…
Dynamic model reveals best policies for clean energy adoption
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How can we ensure that as many households as possible adopt not only solar panels, but also their own battery to store solar energy, a heat…
Dopamine Plays Key Role in the Heart’s Stress Response
Summary: Researchers have discovered how stress-induced cardiovascular changes are controlled by the brain. Experiments in rats show that activating the lateral habenula, a stress-sensitive brain region, triggers changes in heart…
Human Remains Reveal Violence and Cannibalism in Bronze Age Britain
Summary: Archaeologists studying the Charterhouse Warren site in England found evidence of a massacre, where at least 37 individuals were butchered, likely partly consumed, and dehumanized by their enemies. Analysis…
Visual Silence: Exploring Aphantasia – Neuroscience News
Summary: A new study reveals that aphantasics, people unable to visualize, are more resistant to involuntary visual thoughts, such as imagining a pink elephant. While vivid visual imaginations often lead…
