Summary: Current AI models mimic the brain’s cortex, the “high-level” outer layer, but they almost entirely ignore the ancient, deep structures beneath it. A research team has proposed a new…
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Forensic Linguists Map the Language of Corruption
Summary: How do you convince a stranger to help you commit a multi-billion dollar crime? By using a specific “linguistic playbook” designed to manufacture trust. Researchers have analyzed the world’s…
Randomness Solves Robotic Gridlock – Neuroscience News
Summary: Adding more robots to a task usually speeds things up, until it doesn’t. In a classic “too many cooks” scenario, robotic swarms often hit a tipping point where they…
Teens Struggle to Break Up with Their AI Chatbots
Summary: For more than half of U.S. teens, AI chatbots are now regular companions. However, a new study warns that these digital friendships are crossing the line into behavioral addiction.…
Estrogen Levels at the Moment of Trauma Predict PTSD
Summary: Why do two people experience the same traumatic event, yet only one develops PTSD? A new study suggests the answer lies in the brain’s “biological state” at the exact…
Brain’s Endurance Program: Hypothalamus Remembers Exercise
Summary: We usually think of fitness as something that happens in the muscles, lungs, and heart. However, a new study co-led reveals that the brain actually “programs” our physical endurance.…
How the Brain Replays Sight to Create Mental Images
Summary: Have you ever wondered why a memory can feel as vivid as a photograph? A groundbreaking study has finally cracked the “neural code” behind visual imagination. By recording the…
How Trauma Changes a Child’s Sense of Touch and Sound
Summary: For young survivors of the October 7, 2023, attacks, the trauma of war has moved beyond the mind and into the nervous system. A new study reveals that nearly…
