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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240403171040.htm) Large language models respond differently based on user's motivation
Apr 3rd 2024, 17:10

A new study reveals how large language models (LLMs) respond to different motivational states. In their evaluation of three LLM-based generative conversational agents (GAs)--ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Llama 2, scientists found that while GAs are able to identify users' motivation states and provide relevant information when individuals have established goals, they are less likely to provide guidance when the users are hesitant or ambivalent about changing their behavior.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240403171027.htm) Talking politics with strangers isn't as awful as you'd expect, research suggests
Apr 3rd 2024, 17:10

Individuals underestimate the social connection they can make with a stranger who disagrees with them on contentious issues, a new research paper suggests.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240403170920.htm) Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease shows promise in mouse study
Apr 3rd 2024, 17:09

Scientists have shown that treating mice with an antibody that blocks the interaction between APOE proteins (white) sprinkled within Alzheimer's disease plaques and the LILRB4 receptor on microglia cells (purple) activates them to clean up damaging plaques (blue) in the brain.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240403170916.htm) Researchers map how the brain regulates emotions
Apr 3rd 2024, 17:09

A new study is among the first of its kind to separate activity relating to emotion generation from emotion regulation in the human brain. The findings provide new insights that could help inform therapeutic treatments regarding mental health and drug addiction.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240403130609.htm) Exploring the effect of the presence of familiar people in interpersonal space
Apr 3rd 2024, 13:06

Researchers investigate the influence of social relationships on our bodily responses to the presence of other persons in the interpersonal space.

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Baltimore, MD

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