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“People believe that the best way to predict how happy they will be in the future is to know what their future holds, but what they should really want to know is how happy those who’ve been to the future actually turned out to be.” Daniel Gilbert, Science, Mar 2009 “… journals in the humanities and social sciences … emerge as gateways between [scientific journal] clusters that are otherwise poorly connected, and so act as key bridges between disciplines.” Nature, 9 Mar 2009 National Public Radio has a story on ways researchers are using functional MRI to map religious beliefs. All Things Considered A study of 40 people — some religious, some nonreligious — Continue reading fMRI researcher looks at religion (NPR) Santino, a 31-year-old male at Furuvik zoo in Sweden, may be the first animal to exhibit an unambiguous ability to plan for the future. UPDATE: The BBC also has the story, which includes an audio interview with researcher Mathias Osvath. Sarah Hrdy argues humans are distinct from other animals in that only we have “allo-mothers,” as-if mothers recruited by babies to help with child-rearing. Why do we behave in the way that we do? In a series of 8 essays, contributors to Nature reveal how the latest research is altering our understanding of what it is to be human. Whether in relation to religion or to our collective behaviour in cities, experts explore the potential impact on society, now Continue reading ‘Being Human’ series (Nature) Babybot’s software mimics biological neural networks, adjusting the strength of links between the computer program’s artificial neurons to perfect learned tasks. Is the program training its arm to pick up the rubber ducky in a way analogous to the way Junior trains his arm? Read more. Apparently imitating human handlers, an orangutan spontaneously begins whistling. Read more. |
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