Summary: For over 30 years, the sense of smell has been the “black box” of neuroscience. While we have long understood the precise maps for vision, hearing, and touch, the…
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Prenatal Lead Exposure Affects the Aging Brain
Summary: The consequences of lead exposure may take six decades to fully manifest. A remarkable study has linked lead exposure during the second trimester of pregnancy to lower cognitive performance…
LLMs Mimics Human Cognitive Dissonance
Summary: A new study reveals that GPT-4o, a leading large language model, displays behavior resembling cognitive dissonance—a core human psychological trait. When asked to write essays either supporting or opposing…
A Prelude to Speech: How the Brain Forms Words
Summary: Researchers made a groundbreaking discovery on how the human brain forms words before speaking. By utilizing Neuropixels probes, they’ve mapped out how neurons represent speech sounds and assemble them…
