New study explains a secret to more efficient learning
A new study could hold the key to learning languages, teaching children colors or even studying complex theories.
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Study of emotional response to the interaction between hand and stone tool
The paleoneurology team at the CENIEH has just published a cognitive archaeology paper on emotion and attention when handling Lower Paleolithic tools, in which around 50 volunteers participated
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2019
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Developing a moral compass from human texts
Artificial Intelligence (AI) translates documents, suggests treatments for patients, makes purchasing decisions and optimises workflows. But where is its moral compass? A study by the Centre for Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 7, 2019
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Black widow spiders dial up posture for survival and sex
A new study led by Western University's Natasha Mhatre shows that body dynamics and posture are crucial to how black widow spiders decode the important vibrations that travel through their webs and up their legs. Black widows ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2018
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Beyond social networks: How cultural beliefs really spread
When Amir Goldberg had his first child a decade ago, he was bewildered to learn that some of his colleagues at Princeton University, where he was a doctoral student, weren't planning to vaccinate their offspring.
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2018
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Why artificial intelligence is likely to take more lives
Artificial neurons for deeply intelligent machines – this is the new artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, led by Geoffrey Hinton and his team since 2012. That year, Hinton, an expert in cognitive science at the University ...
Machine learning & AI
Dec 11, 2018
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Helping computers to see 3-D structures
If you can recognize structures around you while walking down a city street, you have your eyes to thank. Humans can automatically perceive 3-D structure in the world by identifying lines, shapes, symmetries and the patterns ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 30, 2018
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Want to make money with stocks? Never listen to analysts
Investors probably expect that following the suggestions of stock analysts would make them better off than doing the exact opposite. Nevertheless, recent research by Nicola Gennaioli and colleagues shows that the best way ...
Economics & Business
Jan 10, 2018
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Could it be that religion is more like sex than school?
A lot of arguments about religion treat it like going to school: a religion is a set of lessons to be learned, tests to pass and rules to follow, all watched over by the great headmaster in the sky. That assumption shapes ...
Social Sciences
Oct 2, 2017
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What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise
Are experts more intelligent than non-experts or do they just work harder? And why do some people reach high levels of expertise, while others just remain amateurs? These are some of the questions that cognitive scientists ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 21, 2017
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