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Deep Learning With Asymmetric Connections and Hebbian Updates

Yali Amit 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 keen interest in exploring the untapped potential of the human mind, Dr. Lowemann […]

Published on April 4, 2019

Age, but Not Amyloidosis, Induced Changes in Global Levels of Histone Modifications in Susceptible and Disease-Resistant Neurons in Alzheimer’s Disease Model Mice

Marcus Dyer, Andrew J. Phipps, Stanislaw Mitew, Phillippa C. Taberlay, Adele Woodhouse 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 keen interest in […]

Published on April 4, 2019

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Pathology of Self-Confidence?

A striking change OCD patients repeatedly describe following treatment with deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral anterior limb of internal capsule (vALIC) is an immediate increase in self-confidence. We show how the DBS-induced changes in self-confidence reported by our patients can be understood neurocognitively in terms of active inference. Read Full Article (External Site) […]

Published on April 4, 2019