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Science
fromNature
4 months ago

A human gene makes mice squeak differently - did it contribute to language?

NOVA1 gene variant enhances complex vocalizations in mice, hinting at its role in human cognitive abilities and language development.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

AI's Fleeting Mind and the Soft Problem of Consciousness

AI functions without a continuous self, producing bursts of cognition that mimic awareness.
Consciousness may not need to be continuous or absolute for functional significance.
The soft problem of consciousness offers insights into AI's ephemeral cognition.
Beer
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Test Shows Alcohol Causing Long-Term Brain Damage

Alcohol severely impairs cognitive decision-making abilities in rats, persisting for months despite sobriety.
Mindfulness
fromYoga Journal
1 month ago

What the Latest Research in Neuroscience Tells Us About Meditation

Meditation enhances mental health, awareness, and cognitive function, but its effects vary individually.
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

A Deep Learning Alternative Can Help AI Agents Gameplay the Real World

Axiom, a novel AI system, efficiently learns from fewer examples by mimicking human cognitive processes.
Science
fromNature
4 months ago

A human gene makes mice squeak differently - did it contribute to language?

NOVA1 gene variant enhances complex vocalizations in mice, hinting at its role in human cognitive abilities and language development.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

AI's Fleeting Mind and the Soft Problem of Consciousness

AI functions without a continuous self, producing bursts of cognition that mimic awareness.
Consciousness may not need to be continuous or absolute for functional significance.
The soft problem of consciousness offers insights into AI's ephemeral cognition.
Beer
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Test Shows Alcohol Causing Long-Term Brain Damage

Alcohol severely impairs cognitive decision-making abilities in rats, persisting for months despite sobriety.
Mindfulness
fromYoga Journal
1 month ago

What the Latest Research in Neuroscience Tells Us About Meditation

Meditation enhances mental health, awareness, and cognitive function, but its effects vary individually.
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

A Deep Learning Alternative Can Help AI Agents Gameplay the Real World

Axiom, a novel AI system, efficiently learns from fewer examples by mimicking human cognitive processes.
fromWarpweftandway
2 days ago

Invitation to attend: "Discursive and Non-Discursive Reasoning in Chinese Philosophy," University of Zurich, 11-13 July 2025

This international workshop examines the understanding of reasoning in Chinese philosophy beyond formal logic, emphasizing cognition, intuition, and aesthetics as alternative modes of thought.
philosophy
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

The Importance of Understanding Thought Control

Thought control encompasses multiple strategies to influence cognitions, emotions, and behaviors, including psychotherapy, mindfulness, persuasion, peer pressure, and more coercive methods like torture.
Mindfulness
#ai
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

AI Is a Smooth Operator, but Shallow Thinker

LLMs compress language but lose the subtlety of human understanding.
They mimic thought, but lack true semantic depth or nuance.
AI fluency hides the deeper cognitive blind spot that coherence isn't comprehension.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Thinking About Thinking-How AI Reshapes Cognition

Cognition may be a human phase, not the endpoint of intelligence.
AI reveals that thinking can emerge beyond the human mind.
We may be witnessing the quiet dissolution of cognition itself.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

AI Is a Smooth Operator, but Shallow Thinker

LLMs compress language but lose the subtlety of human understanding.
They mimic thought, but lack true semantic depth or nuance.
AI fluency hides the deeper cognitive blind spot that coherence isn't comprehension.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Thinking About Thinking-How AI Reshapes Cognition

Cognition may be a human phase, not the endpoint of intelligence.
AI reveals that thinking can emerge beyond the human mind.
We may be witnessing the quiet dissolution of cognition itself.
fromDoc
4 days ago

The secret of good metaphors

At its core, metaphors perform a simple yet profound function: they bridge the unfamiliar with the familiar. They connect what lies beyond our grasp to what we already know intimately.
philosophy
#artificial-intelligence
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Brains Before Boxes

Neuropsychologists prioritize understanding cognitive processes over mere labels, enabling them to create targeted, personalized interventions that address individual needs.
Psychology
#perception
#productivity
#creativity
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Wandering Mind Improves Inferential Learning

Mind wandering boosts probabilistic learning despite hurting visuomotor task performance.
Spontaneous mind wandering enhances pattern recognition and learning.
Creating conditions for natural mind wandering can foster learning.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

The Real Dope on Cannabis and Creativity

Low doses of THC may enhance creativity, but high doses can impair creative thinking.
There is no conclusive evidence that cannabis actually improves creative output.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Wandering Mind Improves Inferential Learning

Mind wandering boosts probabilistic learning despite hurting visuomotor task performance.
Spontaneous mind wandering enhances pattern recognition and learning.
Creating conditions for natural mind wandering can foster learning.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

The Real Dope on Cannabis and Creativity

Low doses of THC may enhance creativity, but high doses can impair creative thinking.
There is no conclusive evidence that cannabis actually improves creative output.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

New Research on Creatine Monohydrate for Alzheimer's Disease

Creatine supplementation appears to enhance brain energy metabolism, potentially providing a therapeutic avenue for conditions like Alzheimer's with a focus on cognitive improvement.
Alternative medicine
#child-development
Parenting
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Habit most parents do is destroying children's brains, study suggests

Parental screen time can harm children's cognitive and emotional development.
Parenting
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Habit most parents do is destroying children's brains, study suggests

Parental screen time can harm children's cognitive and emotional development.
#psychology
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Mapping the Mind With 4 Common-Sense Categories

The Unified Theory of Knowledge maps the mind across three interrelated domains, offering a cohesive understanding of mental processes.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Mapping the Mind With 4 Common-Sense Categories

The Unified Theory of Knowledge maps the mind across three interrelated domains, offering a cohesive understanding of mental processes.
#animal-behavior
Video games
fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Even Apes Are Playing Minecraft Now

Bonobos have learned to play Minecraft, showcasing their cognitive abilities.
The study of bonobos is threatened by potential loss of funding, impacting conservation efforts.
Video games
fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Even Apes Are Playing Minecraft Now

Bonobos have learned to play Minecraft, showcasing their cognitive abilities.
The study of bonobos is threatened by potential loss of funding, impacting conservation efforts.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

What Is It Like to Be a Crow?

Our article contributes to the emerging field of animal consciousness by emphasizing what corvids experience rather than just assessing their intelligence, exploring dimensions of their conscious experience.
Mindfulness
OMG science
Speech has profoundly shaped human cognition and society through symbolic thought.
Advanced human anatomy and intellect uniquely enable the capacity for speech.
The spoken word embodies immense emotional and cultural significance.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Are You Better at Geometry Than a Crow?

Crows, often misunderstood, have shown impressive spatial cognition, particularly in distinguishing shapes using geometric irregularities, demonstrating their remarkable intelligence and cognitive skills.
OMG science
#language-models
Artificial intelligence
fromHackernoon
5 months ago

How LLMs Learn from Context Without Traditional Memory | HackerNoon

The Transformer architecture greatly improves language model efficiency and contextual understanding through parallel processing and self-attention mechanisms.
Artificial intelligence
fromHackernoon
5 months ago

How LLMs Learn from Context Without Traditional Memory | HackerNoon

The Transformer architecture greatly improves language model efficiency and contextual understanding through parallel processing and self-attention mechanisms.
Mental health
fromBig Think
3 months ago

How the brain creates heaven: The philosophy of psychedelics with Susan Blackmore

Susan Blackmore explores consciousness and cognitive experiences, emphasizing the value of investigating extraordinary states rather than debunking them.
#research
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 months ago

Kanzi the Bonobo, Who Learned Language and Made Stone Tools, Dies at Age 44

Kanzi, the bonobo who learned to communicate using symbols, died at 44, having significantly advanced our understanding of ape cognition and language origins.
OMG science
Miscellaneous
fromBuzzFeed
6 months ago

When My Husband Survived Brain Cancer, His Doctor Made 1 Suggestion. It Ended Up Changing My Life.

Ted's diagnosis led him to undergo extensive treatment, sparking a journey of resilience through music as a therapeutic means to improve cognition.
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