Category: Human
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Understand me.
Around 45% of children in Austrian day nurseries have a first language other than German. Those who our experiencing difficulty in learning the second language are often diagnosed as having a suspected 'impairment of language acquisition'. In fact, this often merely reflects the fact that they have not yet fully acquired the second language. (1)…
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You are not lonely. Just alone.
Seeking to develop effective interventions, researchers examined the psychological and environmental factors that lead to patterns of loneliness in different age groups. (1) Feeling alone. When surrounded by so many people. Feeling full. While being totally alone. Listen son. There was never anyone with you. You started walking alone. You will die alone. And in…
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Fighter! Ask not why!
A new study shows that norepinephrine-producing neurons in the locus coeruleus produce attention focus and impulse control via two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex. (1) Brain controlling attention. But if something else helps us stay focused on something, what are we paying attention to? Look at your image on the calm lake. There is no…
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Parents. Children. Death.
New work reveals the likely original locations of Saturn and Jupiter. These findings refine our understanding of the forces that determined our Solar System's unusual architecture, including the ejection of an additional planet between Saturn and Uranus, ensuring that only small, rocky planets, like Earth, formed inward of Jupiter. (1) Dear father. Where were you…
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The era of AI and the role of humans
The think tank 2050withHumans has started publishing some ideas on how humans will stay relevant in the era of AI until 2050 and beyond. One can view the relative article at https://www.2050withhumans.com/post/2050-with-humans-what-humans-do-not-do-is-what-defines-them. In a nutshell, this article entertains the idea that what defines us as humans is not what we do and what we think…
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