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- Cravings for fatty foods traced to gut-brain connection https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/cravings-fatty-foods-traced-gut-brain-connection 73 comments
- In a first, researchers link people’s subjective feelings of curiosity to the way their brains physically represent it https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/brain-imaging-study-reveals-curiosity-it-emerges 2 comments science
- Scientists discover previously unknown hormone-generating cell that inspire mice to monogamy and nurture young. The hormone was first discovered in humans, but nobody knew what it did. Monogamy may increase chances parents care for offspring, since fathers are more confident the young are theirs. https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/some-mice-may-owe-their-monogamy-newly-evolved-type-cell 77 comments science
- Even the best AI models studied can be fooled by nonsense sentences, showing that “their computations are missing something about the way humans process language.” https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/verbal-nonsense-reveals-limitations-ai-chatbots 625 comments science
- While no computer program today is particularly good at discerning what makes one face different from another, researchers have uncovered clues about the kinds of computations brains might be making when assessing the familiarity of faces https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/computer-models-mimic-brain-s-ease-telling-faces-apart 2 comments science
- Columbia Study Suggests Possible Common Thread Between Many Neurodegenerative Diseases https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/columbia-study-suggests-possible-common-thread-between-many-neurodegenerative-diseases 392 comments science
- Early Exposure to Cannabis Boosts Young Brains’ Sensitivity to Cocaine, Rodent Study Suggests https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/early-exposure-cannabis-boosts-young-brains-sensitivity-cocaine-rodent-study-suggests 7 comments science
- Our brains have a remarkable ability to pick out one voice from among many. Now, neuroengineers have solved the long-standing scientific question as to how the auditory cortex, the brain’s listening center, can decode and amplify one voice over others, at lightning-fast speeds. https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/how-brain-dials-volume-hear-someone-crowd 6 comments science
- Columbia Engineers Translate Brain Signals Directly into Speech. Advance marks critical step toward brain-computer interfaces that hold immense promise for those with limited or no ability to speak. https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/columbia-engineers-translate-brain-signals-directly-speech 15 comments science
- Columbia Engineers Translate Brain Signals Directly into Speech https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/columbia-engineers-translate-brain-signals-directly-speech 18 comments linguistics
- Neuroscientists uncover a surprisingly rational feature of the human brain: A previously held bias can be set aside so that the brain can apply logical, mathematical reasoning to the decision at hand. https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/naturally-rational-brain-how-people-use-and-lose-preexisting-biases-make-decisions 11 comments science