Sleep Quality Linked With Cognition Across Five Cohorts
AMSTERDAM -- Better sleep consolidation and the absence of sleep apnea were associated with better global…
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Almost All Research on the Mind Is in English. That’s a Problem
The world of brain research has a secret flaw. For decades, studies into how the mind works have been carried out primarily by English-speaking scientists on English-speaking participants.…
Pure Oxygen Speeds Up Learning. Can It Help Stroke Survivors Recover?
As a physical therapist in Shanghai, Zheng Wang worked with people recovering from strokes after their brains had been damaged by oxygen deprivation. They usually followed a predictable…
Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them
Music that is simple, repetitive, and easy to sing (or hum) is most likely to get stuck. Think Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” and Queen’s classic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and the title-says-it-all…
One Shot of a Kidney Protein Gave Monkeys a Brain Boost
They then administered a single low dose of klotho under each monkey’s skin, raising levels of the protein to those normally present in the animals at birth. Four hours later, researchers…
AI unlikely to gain human-like cognition, unless connected to real world through…
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Connecting artificial intelligence systems to the real…
Superior Cognition in the Oldest-Old; Novel MS Pathway; What Links Amyloid and Tau?
Superior global cognition in the oldest-old was associated with resistance to…
If Pinocchio Doesn’t Freak You Out, Sydney Shouldn’t Either
In November 2018, an elementary school administrator named Akihiko Kondo married Miku Hatsune, a fictional pop singer. The couple’s relationship had been aided by a hologram machine that…
Waluigi, Carl Jung, and the Case for Moral AI
In the early 20th century, the psychoanalyst Carl Jung came up with the concept of the shadow—the human personality’s darker, repressed side, which can burst out in unexpected ways.…
Cognition Rebounds After Any Dip From Catheter Ablation
The cognitive deficits that may emerge after catheter ablation for atrial…