brains and behavior

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[ad_1] Philosophers have grappled with the nature of evil for thousands of years, but these days, immorality can feel like…

[ad_1] The most widely tested brain implant is the Utah array—a hard silicon square with 100 tiny protruding needles. Each…

[ad_1] Black widows must despise Clint Sergi. While working on his PhD in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sergi…

[ad_1] Further evidence of this bias comes from the reaction of the mice when they were first put into learning…

[ad_1] For a decade now, many of the most impressive artificial intelligence systems have been taught using a huge inventory…

[ad_1] This was slow going. “We spent a lot of time, probably the first couple of years, really just working…

[ad_1] By washing through the brain, neuromodulators “allow you to govern the excitability of a large region of the brain…

[ad_1] But for this teaching signal to solve the credit assignment problem without hitting “pause” on sensory processing, their model…

[ad_1] Even though I was raised Catholic, for most of my adult life, I didn’t pay religion much heed. Like…