Category: Human
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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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Being prepared. (How can you?)
Going into kindergarten already well-prepared gives a child many advantages later in life and lowers costs for society in the long term, researchers in Canada find. (1) Being prepared. For things before they happen. Based on things that have already happened. Things we were never prepared for…
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Can you feel what I feel?
Do we always want people to show empathy? Not so, said researchers. A recently published article suggests that although empathy is often portrayed as a virtue, people who express empathy are not necessarily viewed favorably. (1) Do you understand me? I hate you. Nobody understands me but me! And I never understand myself. Except when…
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