Crowdsourcing Brain Mapping with Gaming Helps Identify 6 New Neuron Types
Players of the popular online brain mapping game Eyewire have assisted in identifying six new neuron types, researchers report.... Read More...
Princeton University
Human Prejudices Sneak Into Artificial Intelligence
When AI's are trained with ordinary human language online, they pick up cultural biases embedded in the wording, researchers report.... Read More...
Brain’s “GPS” Does a Lot More Than Just Navigate
The entorhinal cortex plays a much broader role in memory and learning than previously thought, researchers report.... Read More...
Social Exclusion Leads to Conspiratorial Thinking
Researchers report people who experience social exclusion are more likely to believe disinformation, fake news and conspiracies.... Read More...
How the Human Brain Decides What Is Important and What’s Not
A new study sheds light on how the brain helps us to learn and make decisions in the real world.... Read More...
New Tool Shines Light on Protein Condensation in Living Cells
Researchers have developed a new tool that may help explain how proteins are able to assemble into different states.... Read More...
Macaques Have the Anatomy, But Not the Brain, For Human Speech
According to researchers, macaques have the vocal anatomy to speak like humans, but lack the neural circuitry to do it.... Read More...
Using ‘Sherlock’ to Reveal How Shared Experiences Shape Our Memories
According to a new study, people show similar brain activity when they share an experience and later go on to speak about their memory.... Read More...