Cognitive Science

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Mind Stories: Can AI Categorizations Shape Human Perception?

Imagine your mind as a vast library, filled with countless stories. But what if these stories could do more than entertain? In a groundbreaking study, scientists explored the fascinating connection between artificial intelligence (AI) and human cognition. They investigated whether motion categorizations used in AI can actually shape how humans perceive and remember motion scenes. […]

Published on September 6, 2023

Global trends and prospects about synaptic plasticity in Alzheimer’s disease: a bibliometric analysis

Background and purposeIn recent years, synaptic plasticity disorders have been identified as one of the key pathogenic factors and the early pathological characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In this study, we tried to use bibliometric analysis to gain a systematic understanding about synaptic plasticity in Alzheimer’s disease.MethodsWe extracted relevant publications from the Web of Science […]

Published on September 5, 2023

Are Natural Kind Terms Ambiguous?

Abstract Recent experimental studies have claimed to find evidence for the view that natural kind terms such as “water” are ambiguous: that they have two extensions, one determined by superficial properties, the other by underlying essence. In an online experiment, we presented to 600 participants scenarios describing discoveries of novel samples that differ in deep […]

Published on September 5, 2023