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Human Quirks: Mind & Brain
July 26, 2023

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One Simple Brain Hack Might Boost Learning and Improve Mental Health

Shifting from a high-pressure mindset to a curious one improves people's memory, finds new research. Study participants pre-meditating a robbery in a virtual art museum remembered more paintings than those executing the heist in-the-moment. The new findings may help address many real-world problems ...

The Sound of Silence? Researchers Demonstrate People Hear It

Silence might not be deafening but it's something that literally can be heard, concludes a team of philosophers and psychologists who used auditory illusions to reveal how moments of silence distort people's perception of ...

AI Tests Into Top 1% for Original Creative Thinking

New research suggests artificial intelligence can match the top 1% of human thinkers on a standard test for ...

Everyone's Brain Has a Pain Fingerprint -- New Research Has Revealed for the First Time

New research has revealed everyone's brain has a 'pain fingerprint' that varies from person to ...
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Cannabinoids Give Worms the Munchies, Too

Marijuana (cannabis) is well known for giving people the 'munchies.' Not only does it make people want to eat more, but it also makes them crave the tastiest, most high-calorie foods. Now a ...

Can You Describe a Sensation Without Feeling It First?

Research with a unique, perhaps one-of-a-kind individual, shows that you can comprehend and use tactile language and metaphors without relying on previous sensory experiences. These findings ...

Table Tennis Brain Teaser: Playing Against Robots Makes Our Brains Work Harder

Brain scans taken during table tennis reveal differences in how we respond to human versus machine ...

Sleight-of-Hand Magic Trick Only Fools Monkeys With Opposable Thumbs

An illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason it does humans -- it misdirects expected outcomes of actions they can carry out. However, marmosets ...

英语把每个人——甚至AI Chatbots -- To Improve by Adding

A linguistic bias in the English language that leads us to 'improve' things by adding to them, rather than taking away, is so common that it is even ingrained in AI chatbots, a new study ...

Can AI Predict How You'll Vote in the Next Election?

Artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT are seemingly doing everything these days: writing code, composing music, and even creating images so realistic you'll think they were taken by ...

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Vocal Tract Size, Shape Dictate Speech Sounds

Researchers explore how anatomical variations in a speaker's vocal tract affect speech production. Using MRI, the team recorded the shape of the vocal tract for 41 speakers as the subjects ...

Characterizing Abnormal Neural Networks in Dogs With Anxiety

Researchers report abnormalities in functional neural networks of dogs diagnosed with anxiety. The study shows that compared with healthy dogs, those with anxiety exhibit stronger connections between ...

Dizzy Apes Provide Clues on Human Need for Mind Altering Experiences

Great apes deliberately spin themselves in order make themselves dizzy -- findings which could provide clues about the role of altered mental states for origins of the human ...

Virtual Reality Games Can Be Used as a Tool in Personnel Assessment

Fast gamers are more intelligent: Intelligence can be predicted through virtual reality ...

Will Future Computers Run on Human Brain Cells?

A 'biocomputer' powered by human brain cells could be developed within our lifetime, according to researchers who expect such technology to exponentially expand the capabilities of modern ...

Electrodes Grown in the Brain -- Paving the Way for Future Therapies for Neurological Disorders

The boundaries between biology and technology are becoming blurred. Researchers have now successfully grown electrodes in living tissue using the body's molecules as triggers. The result paves ...

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Wireless, Soft E-Skin for Interactive Touch Communication in the Virtual World

Sensing a hug from each other via the internet may be a possibility in the near future. A research team recently developed a wireless, soft e-skin that can both detect and deliver the sense of touch, ...

Sheep Can Benefit Urban Lawn Landscapes and People

About 25 woolly sheep who seasonally -- for the past two years -- leave barns to nibble on lawns at various central campus locations, are doing much more than mowing, fertilizing and improving the ...

Want Healthy Valentine Chocolates? We Can Print Them

A scientist has developed a formulation of low-fat chocolate that can be printed on a 3D printer in pretty much any shape a person can conceive, including a ...

Human Brain Organoids Respond to Visual Stimuli When Transplanted Into Adult Rats

Researchers show that brain organoids -- clumps of lab-grown neurons -- can integrate with rat brains and respond to visual stimulation like flashing ...

A Neuro-Chip to Manage Brain Disorders

Researchers have combined low-power chip design, machine learning algorithms, and soft implantable electrodes to produce a neural interface that can identify and suppress symptoms of various ...

Humans Can Recognize and Understand Chimpanzee and Bonobo Gestures, Study Finds

Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, even though we no longer use them ourselves, according to a new ...

Mature 'Lab Grown' Neurons Hold Promise for Neurodegenerative Disease

Researchers have created the first highly mature neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a feat that opens new opportunities for medical research and potential transplantation ...

Artificial Nerve Cells -- Almost Like Biological

Researchers have created an artificial organic neuron that closely mimics the characteristics of biological nerve cells. This artificial neuron can stimulate natural nerves, making it a promising ...

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