Month: January 2021

Drink and drug risk is lower among optimistic pupils with ‘happy’ memories

Teenagers with happy childhood memories are likely to drink less, take fewer drugs and enjoy learning, according to new research. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the […]

Published on January 27, 2021

Toddlers who use touchscreens may be more distractible

New research highlights some of the effects regular use of touchscreens might have on toddlers. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a […]

Published on January 26, 2021

WISDoM: Characterizing Neurological Time Series With the Wishart Distribution

WISDoM (Wishart Distributed Matrices) is a framework for the quantification of deviation of symmetric positive-definite matrices associated with experimental samples, such as covariance or correlation matrices, from expected ones governed by the Wishart distribution. WISDoM can be applied to tasks of supervised learning, like classification, in particular when such matrices are generated by data of […]

Published on January 26, 2021