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Imagine reading a sentence and trying to figure out who the main character is. Most languages tend to assume that the person performing the action, the ‘agent’, comes first. However, a new study in Äiwoo, a language that prioritizes patients before agents, challenges this assumption. Using electroencephalography (EEG), researchers found that when nonhuman nouns were […]
Encouraging people to get vaccinated is like enticing them to eat their vegetables by offering a little extra cash! A review of the scientific literature reveals that financial incentives are typically effective in increasing vaccination rates, especially among those who were already willing to get vaccinated. It’s like giving an extra cookie for finishing your […]
In the vast landscape of neural networks, scientists have primarily focused on studying the individual elements – cells, populations, and regions. However, this has overlooked the crucial aspect of how these elements are interconnected. A fresh perspective known as the ‘edge-centric’ approach is emerging in the field of network neuroscience. Instead of solely examining the […]
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