Study offers neurological explanation for how brains bias partisans against new information
What causes two people from opposing political parties to have strongly divergent interpretations of the same word, image or event?
What causes two people from opposing political parties to have strongly divergent interpretations of the same word, image or event?
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2023
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A first-of-its-kind study scanned the brains of dozens of politically involved participants while they watched campaign-ads and speeches by parties from both ends of the political spectrum, just before one of the last rounds ...
Political science
Jan 30, 2023
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Scientists have developed a wireless, battery-free implant capable of monitoring dopamine signals in the brain in real-time in small animal models, an advance that could aid in understanding the role neurochemicals play in ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 16, 2023
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EPFL researchers have developed a novel approach to network analysis that allows them to reveal and interpret, for the first time, interactions among multiple variables in data from neuroscience, economics, and epidemiology.
General Physics
Jan 16, 2023
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Researchers have developed a transparent temperature sensor capable of precisely and quickly measuring temperature changes caused by light. This technology is expected to contribute to the advancement of various applied bio ...
Polymers
Dec 29, 2022
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A new study by UCLA psychologists reveals that when VR is used to teach language, context and realism matter.
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2022
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Accurately moving to a musical beat was thought to be a skill innately unique to humans. However, new research now shows that rats also have this ability. The optimal tempo for nodding along was found to depend on the time ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 11, 2022
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How can we measure a skeleton's motion in a furry animal as it moves through its environment? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior have developed a method to quantify skeletal motion in freely ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2022
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Many COVID-19 patients who have been treated for weeks or months with mechanical ventilation have been slow to regain consciousness even after being taken off sedation. A new article in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Other
Nov 7, 2022
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Feeling empathy for others is deeply engrained into our biology, as seeing another individual in pain triggers an empathic response in the brain of the observer, which allows us to understand and feel what other feels. However, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2022
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