neuroscience
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Brain power
Change hack 1: Hacking the productivity dip when we introduce change [Change hacks series]
By knowing what is happening at an emotional level, we can understand the threat response, and address the potential loss…
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2016's top 100 journal articles
Natural speech used to map semantic system of cerebral cortex [2016’s top 100 journal articles]
Research subjects listened to narrative stories while brain responses were recorded by fMRI. Voxel-wise modelling was then used to estimate…
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Opinion
One of the Science Alert science facts for 2016 called into question
Dr. Steven Novella raises significant concerns in regard to one of the Science Alert science facts for 2016: that it’s…
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2016's top 100 journal articles
Researchers map human cortex & train machine-learning classifier to assist future studies [2016’s top 100 journal articles]
A recent study has created the most accurate map of the human cortex to date.
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2016's top 100 journal articles
The brain adapts to dishonesty [2016’s top 100 journal articles]
A new study finds evidence for a gradual escalation of self-serving dishonesty and reveals the neural mechanism supporting it.
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Artificial intelligence
Science facts that emerged in 2016
A list of science facts that emerged in 2016 highlights important aspects of science and knowledge management.
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Artificial intelligence
Using neuroscience to create learning machines
Most AI systems have a learning component to them, and one of the ways in which systems learn is by…
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In the news
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? The rise of mind control
Mind control might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it’s coming closer. Neuroscientists are currently researching implants that…
