Separate but similar evolution of brain structures in intelligent birds and mammals:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/intelligence-evolved-at-least-twice-in-vertebrate-animals-20250407/
Pretty interesting study on nontrivial #compositionality in #bonobos -- a 'uniquely human' language feature
#languageevolution #greatapes #primatecommunication #anthropology #cognition
Could quantum entanglement explain heightened states of consciousness?
Evidence of quantum-entangled higher states of consciousness. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.03.001
CSBJ Quantum Biology & Biophotonics: https://www.csbj.org/qbio
Studied linguist and cognitive scientist who transformed into a software engineer.
Interested in #Anthropology, #Nutrition, #Sports, #Cognition and #Psychology, #Japanese, #Literature, #Minimalism or rather #Simplification.
I enjoy making #Music and writing things #writing. It’s the little things that matter.
Lire une œuvre de fiction pourrait ne pas être une lecture comme les autres.
Découvrez tous les détails dans le nouvel épisode du #podcast #LaTêteDansLeCerveau : https://soundcloud.com/latetedanslecerveau/numero310
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Analysis of data from almost 30,000 older U.S. adults found a steep decline in cognitive function immediately following heart failure, with continued decline in following years, amounting to aging 10 years in just 7 years.
Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-cognitive-decline-sooner-people-heart.html
Original paper (not open access): https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011837
Yet another study confirms that resistance training protects against cognitive decline.
Summary: https://neurosciencenews.com/weight-training-alzheimers-aging-28538/
Original paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11357-024-01483-8
Male rats showed long-term impairment in learning, exploration, and rapid decision-making after heavy alcohol exposure for a month. Female rats did not show the same level of impairment.
Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-alcohol-impact-reveals-heavy-cognition.html
Original paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt0200
Cognitive flexibility test reveals subtle signs of Alzheimer’s in healthy older adults
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Cognitive deficits in depression often persist after SSRI treatment, research shows
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A new study finds that people tend to overestimate the size of small demographic groups because of cognitive errors in estimation of small proportions, not necessarily because of misinformation, ignorance, or animus. The authors emphasize that their findings do not negate the existence of those effects.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2413064122 (not open access)
Preprint at https://www.brianguay.com/files/guay_2024_misperceptions.pdf
A broad discussion of the male bias in autism research and diagnosis, and how autistic women have been largely overlooked because they commonly exhibit masking rather than avoidance behaviors:
https://aeon.co/essays/the-missing-women-of-autism-are-differently-different
For a while I’ve been wondering if the ability to do a cold read and get the intonation right on the first try could be a precognition thing… but now I’m wondering if it’s just a “human” ability to predict the next most likely intonation, in the exact same way that LLMs decide on what word to say next. #LLMs #cognition #precognition #ai
Gizmodo: AI Experts Say We’re on the Wrong Path to Achieving Human-Like AI. “According to a panel of hundreds of artificial intelligence researchers, the field is currently pursuing artificial general intelligence the wrong way. This insight was revealed at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)’s 2025 Presidential Panel on the Future of AI Research. The […]
The evolution of #Intelligence — from #gene to #meme
Genetic evolution gave us bodies & organs.
#Modeling & 
#Feeling gave us minds & memes.
Today’s #evolution — and more in the future — is the evolution of Models and Feelings.
medium.com/@modfeel/mod...
#modfeel #cognition #memetics #AI
Modfeel: Coming Soon in Englis...
What is #Intelligence?
In a nutshell: If Life is about #survival and #reproduction, Intelligence is the art of making decisions in a complex world that support these goals, through: #Modeling – simplify the world #Feeling – value what matters
https://medium.com/@modfeel/modfeel-coming-soon-in-english-800a209238e5
@sarahdalgulls Arduously long but one point struck me. The use of ambiguity in AI responses because it doesn't know what to put. In effect the reader sees the meaning in the sentence.
Does this mean that we are being gaslighted, and AI is not nearly as advanced as we think? Has it just learnt to produce text that is plausible to anyone and fits multiple interpretations, just like the tabloid astrology columns?
I don't think there's a simple answer to this. On relatively closed domains like writing computer language it definitely can produce real direct answers. On ambiguous social questions, perhaps it does produce ambiguous answers for us to project meaning on to?
I'm quite surprised that I hadn't noticed or thought of this possibility. I think I will ask some questions and look at the answers while asking myself "how would someone with a different worldview understand this?".
Mashable: A new AI test is outwitting OpenAI, Google models, among others. “The Arc Prize Foundation, a nonprofit that measures AGI progress, has a new benchmark that is stumping the leading AI models. The test, called ARC-AGI-2 is the second edition ARC-AGI benchmark that tests models on general intelligence by challenging them to solve visual puzzles using pattern recognition, context […]
Reichman University: Fear of addiction, fear of missing out: How increased AI use can trigger anxiety. “In recent years, AI has become an integral part of our lives, revolutionizing many industries and reshaping the way we learn, work, and make decisions. But a new study, published in the journal Systems, raises new questions about the emotional consequences of using artificial intelligence. […]
