Being uncertain about a choice makes a change-of-mind more likely
Changes of mind could be caused by heightened uncertainty about an initial decision.... Read More...
computational neuroscience
Facial expressions don’t tell the whole story of emotion
Looking at a person's facial expression may not be the best way to detect their internal emotional feelings. ... Read More...
Designing artificial brains can help us learn more about real ones
The lessons learned from developing artificial intelligence networks can help guide researchers down the path of understanding the brain as a computational system rather than a collection of cells. AI technology can help take exploring the human brain, behavior and neurodegenerative diseases to an entirely new level.... Read More...
Computer simulation for understanding brain cancer growth
A new, freely available computer platform creates a 3D model that brings together the macroscopic scale of tissue with the microscopic scale of individual cells. This allows the platform to realistically model brain cancer's mechanobiology while maintaining resolution power.... Read More...
Computer model helps make sense of human memory
A newly developed artificial neural network allowed researchers to insert inhibitory circuits into the model, altering the excitatory circuits and enabling them to extend associative memory.... Read More...
New research analyzes video game player engagement
Study examines how video game players engage in their chosen game and how they respond to different motivations. For games with in-game purchasing features, the more rounds or levels a person plays, the more likely they are to spend on purchases.... Read More...
Decoding how kids get into hacking
Study reveals differences in personality types and gender roles between teens who get into hacking.... Read More...
A computer that understands how you feel
EmoNet, a new convolutional neural network, can accurately decode images into eleven distinct emotional categories. Training the AI on over 25,000 images, researchers demonstrate image content is sufficient to predict the category and valence of human emotions. ... Read More...
How expectation influences perception
Brain activity patterns in the frontal cortex encode beliefs and affect how we perceive the world around us.... Read More...
Neuroscience and artificial intelligence can help improve each other
Researchers look at how neuroscience can help with artificial intelligence technology and vice versa.... Read More...
Sound mind: Detecting depression through voice
Artificial intelligence is now better able to detect depression by analyzing the sound of a person's voice. ... Read More...
Expert mathematicians stumped by simple subtractions
Our knowledge of the world has a critical impact on the ability to use mathematical reasoning, even for mathematicians. Findings reveal math professionals can be duped by some aspects of their knowledge about the world and fail to solve simple fifth-grade math problems.... Read More...