The collective cultural mood surrounding a psychedelic experience shapes its psychological aftermath. Participants whose most intense trips occurred on the Fourth of July reported a long-term decrease in support for partisan violence, while those whose experiences coincided with national party conventions or election season demonstrated an increase in violent partisan support.
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A new research framework that combines large language models (LLMs) with choice mathematics to evaluate human decision-making. By deploying LLMs to automatically interpret and code thousands of free-text participant thought justifications, the framework provides a scalable, validated methodology demonstrating that human reasoning strategies shift dynamically with a problem’s structure.
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A new research framework that combines large language models (LLMs) with choice mathematics to evaluate human decision-making. By deploying LLMs to automatically interpret and code thousands of free-text participant thought justifications, the framework provides a scalable, validated methodology demonstrating that human reasoning strategies shift dynamically with a problem’s structure. Read more at Cerebratech
LLMs and Math Combine to Map Human Decision-Making Read More »
Snoring vibrations are an active cause of obstructive sleep apnea, directly disrupting mitochondrial function and cellular energy metabolism in upper airway muscles to induce tissue weakness and structural airway collapse.
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Snoring vibrations are an active cause of obstructive sleep apnea, directly disrupting mitochondrial function and cellular energy metabolism in upper airway muscles to induce tissue weakness and structural airway collapse. Read more at Cerebratech
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A new study introduces a soft robotic sensing skin made from mechanochromic materials. The polymer automatically converts mechanical strain into distinct structural color fields, allowing a low-cost camera to map micro-scale pressure variations in real time without computational reconstruction algorithms.
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A new study introduces a soft robotic sensing skin made from mechanochromic materials. The polymer automatically converts mechanical strain into distinct structural color fields, allowing a low-cost camera to map micro-scale pressure variations in real time without computational reconstruction algorithms. Read more at Cerebratech
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Larval zebrafish utilize a preglomerular complex (PG) and pallium hierarchy to sort and merge sensory streams, replicating the exact computational logic of the mammalian thalamocortical network and proving that multi-sensory integration runs on universal evolutionary rules.
Zebrafish Brain Features Mammalian-Like Sensory Sorting Read More »
A new study introduces XL20, an experimental small-molecule drug that crosses the blood-brain barrier to selectively block a toxic region on the TDP-43 protein. This precise mechanism halts neuron death and slows muscle wasting in ALS models while leaving the protein’s healthy, vital biological functions completely intact.
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Digital media does not destroy raw cognitive capacity, but rather recalibrates our value-based decision systems. By saturating the mind with effortless, instant algorithmic rewards, digital platforms subjectively inflate the cost of mental exertion, training users to abandon deep, demanding tasks in favor of constant, low-friction digital exploration.
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