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Mental liquidity.
The ability to quickly abandon previous beliefs. Mostly our brains try to resist information that’s contrary to beliefs. Click thru for a nice Albert Einstein anecdote. ~ learn more
Tag: brains
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Studying autism with lab-grown brain organoids.
“For years, the neuroscientist Sergiu Paşca has been a leader in the use of brain organoids in studies of human neurological disorders. His latest work, in which human cells become working parts of rat brains, carries that effort to new […]
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A memory prosthesis could restore memory in people with damaged brains.
“The “memory prosthesis,” which involves inserting an electrode deep into the brain, also seems to work in people with memory disorders—and is even more effective in people who had poor memory to begin with, according to new research.” ~ learn more
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The thousand brains theory of intelligence.
A new theory for how the neocortex works, and its implications for AI. | learn more