Month: July 2019

Nonmonotonic Plasticity: How Memory Retrieval Drives Learning

What are the principles that govern whether neural representations move apart (differentiate) or together (integrate) as a function of learning? According to supervised learning models that are trained to predict outcomes in the world, integration should occur when two stimuli predict the same outcome. Numerous findings support this, but – paradoxically – some recent fMRI […]

Published on July 27, 2019

Practical use for regret, hindsight

Psychologists reveal that people think about the advice they would give their younger selves more often than many people might think, and for many this mental exercise is anything but futile. The findings have been truly revealing about the nature of regret, how people can use it to self-actualize and what areas people tend to […]

Published on July 27, 2019

Brain-inspired computer system sheds surprising new light on how images impact emotions

Neuroscientists have developed a brain-inspired computer system that can look at an image and determine what emotion it evokes in people. Combining it with brain-imaging tests, they’ve learned images impact emotions more than once thought. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the […]

Published on July 26, 2019