Author: Dr. David Lowemann

‘Who’s a good boy?’ Humans use dog-specific voices for better canine comprehension

Humans slow their own speech when talking to their dogs, and this slower tempo matches their pets’ receptive abilities, allowing the dogs to better understand their commands, according to a new study. 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 […]

Published on October 1, 2024

Weight-Loss Meds Could Interfere With Colonoscopy

Food left in the stomach or stool left in the bowel can impede a doctor’s ability to successfully perform an endoscopy or colonoscopy.Now, research finds this scenario is more likely if the patient is taking popular new weight-loss meds such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, […]

Published on October 1, 2024

Demystifying unsupervised learning: how it helps and hurts

Humans and machines rarely have access to explicit external feedback or supervision, yet manage to learn. Most modern machine learning systems succeed because they benefit from unsupervised data. Humans are also expected to benefit and yet, mysteriously, empirical results are mixed. Does unsupervised learning help humans or not? Here, we argue that the mixed results […]

Published on October 1, 2024