FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 11, 2021·5 min readLearning by Observation Reduces Cognitive BiasWhen people observe others making decisions, they often end up making better decisions themselves.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 27, 2020·5 min readWatch and learn: How the brain gains knowledge through observationThe brain chooses between two neural systems responsible for emulation learning and imitation learning. Study reveals how the brain chooses which strategy to employ when faced with an observational learning task.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 3, 2018·5 min readBrain Circuit Helps Us Learn By Watching OthersA new study reveals the role the anterior cingulate cortex and basolateral amygdala play in observational learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 28, 2016·4 min readIt Takes Less Than a Second to Tell Humans From AndroidsResearchers have discovered a visual mechanism that helps us to make snap judgement about what is really alive and what is simulated in a matter of milliseconds.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 8, 2016·4 min readWatch and Learn: Brain Cells That Help Us Learn by Watching IdentifiedResearchers report they have identified individual neurons in the brain that support observational learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 29, 2016·7 min readTo Make Sense of the World, the Brain Performs Feats of MathStudy reports the brain calculates a distribution of probabilities for each of many distinct possibilities.Read More
