FeaturedNeuroscience·July 2, 2025·4 min readKids Outsmart AI in Puzzle Game That Builds Critical ThinkingA new puzzle-based game helps children recognize where artificial intelligence still struggles. The game features ARC tasks—visual logic puzzles that are easy for humans but hard for AI—and allows kids to compare their answers with chatbot responses. Even when AI gets the right answer, its explanation is often wrong, teaching kids to question confidently stated misinformation.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·July 1, 2025·5 min readAI Facial Analysis Detects PTSDDiagnosing PTSD in children is often hindered by limited communication and emotional awareness, but new research is using AI to bridge that gap. By analyzing facial movements during interviews, researchers created a privacy-preserving tool that can identify PTSD-related expression patterns. Their system does not use raw video but instead tracks non-identifying facial cues such as eye gaze and mouth movement.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 30, 2025·4 min readPeople Prefer Human Empathy, Even When AI Says the Same ThingA new study shows that people rate empathic responses as more supportive and emotionally satisfying when they believe they come from a human—even if the same response is AI-generated. Across nine experiments with over 6,000 participants, responses labeled as human were consistently seen as more genuine, especially when they involved emotional sharing and care.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 27, 2025·7 min readDeath Isn’t the End: AI Brings Lost Voices Back to LifeA new paper explores how generative AI is transforming the way we interact with the dead, from virtual reality reunions to lifelike digital avatars. These “generative ghosts” can remember, plan, and even evolve—offering real-time conversations that go far beyond pre-recorded memorials.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 26, 2025·7 min readAI Reveals How Your Words Reflect PersonalityResearchers have shown that AI can detect personality traits from written text and, crucially, now understand how these models make decisions. By applying explainable AI techniques like integrated gradients, the team uncovered how specific words and linguistic patterns contribute to predictions based on major psychological frameworks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 24, 2025·4 min readWhy Children Learn Language Faster Than AIDespite AI’s massive processing power, children still far outperform machines in learning language—and a new framework helps explain why. Unlike AI systems that passively absorb text, children learn through multisensory exploration, social interaction, and self-driven curiosity.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 20, 2025·3 min readAI Generates Relatable Empathy ExperiencesResearchers have developed an AI tool called EmoSync that boosts empathy by tailoring emotional analogies to each user’s personality and life experiences. Unlike traditional empathy tech that assumes uniform emotional responses, EmoSync uses a large language model (LLM) to map personal traits and generate custom scenarios that resonate more deeply. In a study of over 100 participants, those using EmoSync showed significantly better understanding of others’ emotions than with conventional methods. The technology represents a new frontier in emotion-aware AI, aiming to foster authentic interpersonal understanding in complex social environments.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 17, 2025·6 min readAI Reveals Key Predictors of Lifelong Brain HealthA new study used machine learning to pinpoint the lifestyle and health factors most strongly associated with cognitive performance across the lifespan. Among 374 adults aged 19 to 82, age, blood pressure, and BMI were the top predictors of success on a focus-and-speed-based attention test.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 17, 2025·5 min readYour Brain Instantly Sees What You Can Do, AI Still Can’tNew research shows that the human brain automatically recognizes what actions an environment affords—like walking, climbing, or swimming—even without conscious thought. Using MRI scans, researchers found unique activity in visual brain regions that went beyond simply processing objects or colors, revealing deep neural encoding of “affordances,” or possible actions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 6, 2025·5 min readBrain’s Reward Center Tracks Not Just What, But When Rewards ArriveThe brain’s ventral tegmental area (VTA) encodes not only the value of anticipated rewards but also the precise timing of when those rewards are expected. Long known for its role in producing dopamine and guiding reward prediction, the VTA is now shown to process reward expectations on multiple time scales.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 5, 2025·4 min readCan AI Be Funny? Yes, But Not Funnier Than a HumanA new study shows that AI can create internet memes rated as funny and shareable as those made by humans—but the best jokes still come from people. Researchers compared memes made by humans, AI, and human-AI teams, using classic templates like Doge and Futurama Fry.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 5, 2025·6 min readAI Diagnoses Eye Movement Disorders from HomeResearchers have developed an AI-based diagnostic tool that uses smartphone video and cloud computing to detect nystagmus—a key symptom of balance and neurological disorders. Unlike traditional methods like videonystagmography, which are expensive and cumbersome, this deep learning system provides a low-cost, patient-friendly alternative for remote diagnosis.Read More
