FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 4, 2018·5 min readHow People Judge Good From BadResearchers shed light on how people decide whether certain behaviors are moral or immoral.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 4, 2018·4 min readDetecting Fake News, At Its SourceResearchers have created a new deep learning system that can determine if a news outlet is accurate or biased based on only 150 articles published. The algorithm can also detect the political leanings of a news site. Researchers say fake news articles are more likely to use language that is hyperbolic, subjective and emotional.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 4, 2018·4 min readAI Could Predict Cognitive Decline Leading to Alzheimer’sResearchers have developed a new machine learning algorithm that can make accurate predictions about cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer's. The algorithm, researchers say, may help doctors stream people onto a preventative path and offer treatment sooner.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 1, 2018·5 min readAI Can Better Predict Why Children Struggle at SchoolResearchers have developed a new machine learning algorithm that can identify clusters of learning difficulties which did not match the previous diagnosis children had been given.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·September 25, 2018·3 min readThousands of DNA Changes in Developing Brain Revealed by Machine LearningResearchers have developed a new single cell analysis, combined with machine learning, to detect CNVs smaller than one million base pairs. The study reports genetic changes peak midway through brain development.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 21, 2018·4 min readTeaching Computers to See Optical IllusionsResearchers have created a deep learning algorithm that can be tricked by optical illusions, just like humans. The findings shed new light on the human visual system and may help improve artificial vision.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 19, 2018·5 min readHow the Brain Combines Memories to Solve ProblemsUsing AI technology, researchers provide new insight into how the human brain connects individual episodic memories to help solve problems.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosPsychology·September 17, 2018·6 min readFour Personality Types Based on New DataA new, comprehensive data analysis study challenges existing paradigms in psychology relating to personality types. Researchers report there appear to be four major clusters of personality types.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 11, 2018·5 min readWhat Time is it in Your Body?A new blood test can help identify your body's precise internal time clock in relation to external time. Researchers say the test could help examine the impact of misaligned circadian clocks in a wide range of diseases.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 8, 2018·4 min readLife’s Purpose Rests in Brain’s Drive to Extract Meaning From the WorldA new article questions what gives us purpose in life? Researchers speculate it is our drive to extract meaning from the world around us.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPain·September 6, 2018·6 min readNew Theory for Phantom Limb Pain Points the Way to More Effective TreatmentResearchers present a new theory which states, following amputation, the neural circuitry connected to the missing limb becomes entangled with other neural networks, specifically ones responsible for pain perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 5, 2018·5 min readAI Detects Depression in ConversationResearchers at MIT have developed a new deep learning neural network that can identify speech patterns indicative of depression from audio data. The algorithm, researchers say, is 77% effective at detecting depression.Read More
