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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241210142045.htm) Resolving ambiguity: How the brain uses context in decision-making and learning
Dec 10th 2024, 14:20

Life can be tricky. We have so many decisions to make. It's a good thing we have an orbitofrontal cortex and hippocampus to help us. These areas of the brain work together to help us sort through tasks that require resolving ambiguity, that is, situations in which the meaning of stimuli changes depending on context.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241210142027.htm) When does waiting stop being worth it?
Dec 10th 2024, 14:20

Psychologists looked at individuals with damage to different parts of the prefrontal cortex to reveal how the brain evaluates uncertainty and guides split-second decisions.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241210115425.htm) Empowering older adults with home-care robots
Dec 10th 2024, 11:54

The rapidly increasing aging population will lead to a shortage of care providers in the future. While robotic technologies are a potential alternative, their widespread use is limited by poor acceptance. In a new study, researchers have examined a user-centric approach to understand the factors influencing user willingness among caregivers and recipients in Japan, Ireland, and Finland. Users' perspectives can aid the development of home-care robots with better acceptance.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241210114951.htm) Rethinking the brain pacemaker: How better materials can improve signals
Dec 10th 2024, 11:49

Researchers have created organic materials for brain and heart pacemakers, which rely on uninterrupted signal delivery to be effective. Using a plastic base known as polypropylene, the researchers added a specially formulated clay called Montmorillonite and different ratios of graphene, one of the strongest lightweight materials. They created five different materials that could be performance-tested and took detailed measurements of the structure of the composite materials using scanning electron microscopy.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241209203738.htm) Researchers 'see' vulnerability to gaming addiction in the adolescent brain
Dec 9th 2024, 20:37

Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing; this blunted response to reward anticipation is associated with higher symptoms of gaming addiction over time and suggests that reduced sensitivity to rewards, in particular non-gaming rewards, may play a role in problematic gaming.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241209203726.htm) Short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for 24 hours
Dec 9th 2024, 20:37

The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the following day, suggests a new study.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241209163200.htm) Scientists create AI that 'watches' videos by mimicking the brain
Dec 9th 2024, 16:32

Imagine an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can watch and understand moving images with the subtlety of a human brain. Now, scientists have made this a reality by creating MovieNet: an innovative AI that processes videos much like how our brains interpret real-life scenes as they unfold over time.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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