Category: Human
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Distant thoughts…
Worse than a song stuck in your head, negative thoughts that you can’t push away can be highly detrimental to your wellbeing. Sometimes, some thoughts just keep coming back. Research suggests this might be because those unwanted thoughts still exist in another part of the brain. (1) Try to not think of something. And you…
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Can you accept yourself?
Researchers have now developed a new model that describes driving behavior on the basis of one underlying ‘human’ principle: managing the risk below a threshold level. This model can accurately predict human behavior during a wide range of driving tasks. In time, the model could be used in intelligent cars, to make them feel less…
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Memories. Ephemeral. Have you forgotten?
Findings from genetically diverse mice challenge long-held assumptions about how the brain is able to briefly hold onto important information. In a paper in Cell, the researchers present evidence that working memory isn’t neatly confined to one brain area, but requires the synchronous activity of at least two. The findings challenge long-held assumptions that working…
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32.
Navigating through life requires balancing emotion and reason, a feat accomplished by the brain region ‘area 32’ of the anterior cingulate cortex. The area maintains emotional equilibrium by relaying information between cognitive and emotional brain regions, according to new research. (1) Looking at Area 32. Trying to balance the Moon and the Sun. So sad.…
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Can you analyze the storm?
Typically, computer models of climate become more and more complex as researchers strive to capture more details of our Earth’s system, but according to a team of researchers, to assess risks, less complex models, with their ability to better sample uncertainties, may be a better choice. (1) Complex things. Made up of so many simple…
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