When the Brain Doesn’t Know Which Task to Do, Interference Clouds Perception
A combined monkey, human, and neural network study reveals that feature interference in the visual cortex explains why uncertain tasks ...
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Immature Working Memory Drives Children’s Broad Exploration, Review Finds
A new review argues that children's distractibility stems from immature working memory and serves as a powerful learning strategy.
Depression Slows Learning While Anxiety Speeds It, Study Finds
Researchers at Peking University found that depression traits slow reinforcement learning rates while anxiety traits speed them up, revealing distinct ...
Indonesian Forecasters Confront Fixed Heat Thresholds and Trust Their Memories to Warn of Extreme Heat
A survey of 140 Indonesian operational meteorologists reveals that ambiguous heat thresholds and reliance on station data undermine warnings, while ...
Who Has to Prove What When AI Beats Us at Our Own Game?
Researchers argue that when AI demonstrably outperforms humans by our own standards, the burden of proof shifts to those insisting ...
When AI and Government Warn of Disaster, Who Does the Public Trust?
Behavioral experiments in China show government disaster warnings earn more public trust than AI alerts, joint warnings build the most ...
Stress Rewires Money Choices Even Among High Earners, Study Finds
A study of high-income US adults found that greater perceived stress was associated with steeper delay and probability discounting for ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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