FeaturedNeuroscience·March 20, 2023·3 min readHarnessing Incoherence to Make Sense of Real-World NetworksMapping the hierarchies and the incoherence within a network system, including neural networks, genes, and even social networks, can help estimate the point at which the network becomes strongly connected.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 26, 2022·5 min readThe Mathematics of Human Behavior: New Model Can Spot Liars and Counter DisinformationA new mathematical model has the potential to accurately distinguish a misunderstanding from false information and lies.Read More
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FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 6, 2019·7 min readRecursive language and modern imagination were acquired simultaneously 70,000 years agoA mathematical model suggests a genetic mutation which extended the critical period by slowing prefrontal cortex development in two or more children 70,000 years ago was one factor for the emergence of recursive language and modern imagination.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 5, 2019·5 min readThe scientific case for brain simulationsResearchers report a need for open, general purpose simulation engines that can run different models of the brain at different levels of biological detail.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 22, 2019·4 min readExploring the science of decision-makingWhen faced with complex choices, people show bursts of exploration before settling into preferred options of higher value.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 22, 2019·4 min readInability to Integrate Reward Information Contributes to Undervalued Rewards in SchizophreniaA new computational model reveals the impaired ability to integrate size and probability of reward in those with schizophrenia may be the result of a lack of consideration of the magnitude of the reward.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 18, 2019·3 min readHow Musicians Communicate Non-Verbally During PerformanceFitting musicians with motion capture sensors and applying mathematical techniques, researchers discover how musicians communicate non-verbally while performing different pieces of music.Read More
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