Brain's Melody and Prose: How Music and Language Affect Different Regions - Neuroscience News (neurosciencenews.com)
A recent study reveals how different brain areas are activated when processing music and language....
Electric Fields: The Unseen Conductor Orchestrating Our Brain's Symphony - Neuroscience News (neurosciencenews.com)
New Vaccine Targets Alzheimer’s Disease at its Roots - Neuroscience News (neurosciencenews.com)
Crosswords and Computers: Mental Acuity Tasks Beat Socializing in Dodging Dementia (neurosciencenews.com)
Computer use, crosswords and games like chess are more strongly associated with older people avoiding dementia than knitting, painting or socializing, a Monash University study has found.
Lab-Grown Human Brain Organoids Go Animal-Free (neurosciencenews.com)
AI Outperforms Humans in Creativity Test - Neuroscience News (neurosciencenews.com)
Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically GPT-4, was found to match the top 1% of human thinkers on a standard creativity test. The AI application ChatGPT, developed using GPT-4, excelled in fluency and originality in the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, a widely recognized tool for assessing creativity....
Meditation Diminishes Bias Toward Negative Information - Neuroscience News (neurosciencenews.com)
I've been meditating for a while now, and I can definitely say my negative bias seems to have decreased substantially. I also tend not to seek out materials that engage my fear/anger, so maybe that has something to do with it as well.