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Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception
A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.
"A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts. "
Neurologists locate present-at-hand in the brain.
#neurology #Heidegger #cognition
https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-think-theyve-found-the-brain-region-that-regulates-conscious-perception/
WIRED · Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception
Creating Solutions to The Meaning Crisis
There is a reason you feel lost in a toxic culture.
Introducing Dr. John Vervaeke:
John Vervaeke, PhD is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology.
Watch THIS Series --> https://videos.trom.tf/w/p/7iqkxh8CVh3NugEj7qtJ3x?playlistPosition=1
#vervaeke #meaning #meaningcrisis #psychology #cognition
From now through May 11, you can use this link to get the audio version of my book Neuroqueer Heresies for 50% off!
#books #audiobooks #neuroqueer #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #queer #autism #autistic #psychology #cognition #consciousness #bodymind
Study links a child's early #social environment to the development of the #brain
#Evolution #Neuroscience #Cognition - Crows recognize geometric regularity - "The crows exhibited a geometric regularity effect, showing better performance with shapes featuring right angles, parallel lines, or symmetry over more irregular shapes. This performance advantage did not require learning. Our findings suggest that geometric intuitions are not specific to humans but are deeply rooted in biological evolution." - Philipp Schmidbauer et al., Crows recognize geometric regularity.Sci. Adv.11,eadt3718(2025).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adt3718 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt3718
Article in the SF Chronicle about the new Bachelor of Science program in Psychedelic Studies launching this fall at California Institute of Integral Studies.
I helped to create the program and I'll be part of the faculty.
#psychedelics #psychology #consciousness #cognition #mind #academia
Pretty interesting study on nontrivial #compositionality in #bonobos -- a 'uniquely human' language feature
#languageevolution #greatapes #primatecommunication #anthropology #cognition
Lire une œuvre de fiction pourrait ne pas être une lecture comme les autres.
L'épisode #310 du #podcast #LaTêteDansLeCerveau est disponible sur #YouTube : https://youtu.be/U35iFeaQ7_g
#neurosciences #vulgarisation #cerveau #science #lecture #fiction #cognition #empathie
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Studied linguist and cognitive scientist who transformed into a software engineer.
Interested in #Anthropology, #Nutrition, #Sports, #Cognition and #Psychology, #Japanese, #Literature, #Minimalism or rather #Simplification.
I enjoy making #Music and writing things #writing. It’s the little things that matter.
Yet another study confirms that resistance training protects against cognitive decline.
Summary: https://neurosciencenews.com/weight-training-alzheimers-aging-28538/
Original paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11357-024-01483-8
Neuroscience News · Weight Training May Slow Cognitive Decline and Protect Aging Brains - Neuroscience NewsNeuroscience News provides research news for neuroscience, neurology, psychology, AI, brain science, mental health, robotics and cognitive sciences.
A broad discussion of the male bias in autism research and diagnosis, and how autistic women have been largely overlooked because they commonly exhibit masking rather than avoidance behaviors:
https://aeon.co/essays/the-missing-women-of-autism-are-differently-different
AeonThe missing women of autism are differently different | Aeon EssaysLong believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism
Gizmodo: AI Experts Say We’re on the Wrong Path to Achieving Human-Like AI. “According to a panel of hundreds of artificial intelligence researchers, the field is currently pursuing artificial general intelligence the wrong way. This insight was revealed at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)’s 2025 Presidential Panel on the Future of AI Research. The […]
The evolution of #Intelligence — from #gene to #meme
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@sarahdalgulls Arduously long but one point struck me. The use of ambiguity in AI responses because it doesn't know what to put. In effect the reader sees the meaning in the sentence.
Does this mean that we are being gaslighted, and AI is not nearly as advanced as we think? Has it just learnt to produce text that is plausible to anyone and fits multiple interpretations, just like the tabloid astrology columns?
I don't think there's a simple answer to this. On relatively closed domains like writing computer language it definitely can produce real direct answers. On ambiguous social questions, perhaps it does produce ambiguous answers for us to project meaning on to?
I'm quite surprised that I hadn't noticed or thought of this possibility. I think I will ask some questions and look at the answers while asking myself "how would someone with a different worldview understand this?".
Mashable: A new AI test is outwitting OpenAI, Google models, among others. “The Arc Prize Foundation, a nonprofit that measures AGI progress, has a new benchmark that is stumping the leading AI models. The test, called ARC-AGI-2 is the second edition ARC-AGI benchmark that tests models on general intelligence by challenging them to solve visual puzzles using pattern recognition, context […]
ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Mashable: A new AI test is outwitting OpenAI, Google models, among others | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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I think the BBC has chosen a cognitively poor prompt about Angela.
"Is there anyone called Angela here?" Seems likely to prompt a check against a mental list of staff who are there, leading to a "no." when there isn't.
"I need to see Angela, now!" Is my thought for a much better formulation.
Cognitive Psychologists might do better on that, any offers?
#Angela #cognition #bbc #danger #pubs #bars #escape #date #safety
Microsoft Study: AI Makes Human Cognition "Atrophied and Unprepared"
https://www.404media.co/microsoft-study-finds-ai-makes-human-cognition-atrophied-and-unprepared-3/
404 Media · Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
#Zoomposium with #Dimitri #Coelho #Mollo (Assistant Professor in #Philosophy of #Artificial #Intelligence):
“How intelligent is #artificial #intelligence?”
His #research focuses on # epistemological #questions within artificial intelligence and #cognitive science and seeks ways to improve our understanding of #mind, #cognition and intelligence in #biological and artificial #systems.
More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/07/04/wie-intelligent-ist-die-kuenstliche-intelligenz/
