That there isn’t a simple answer doesn’t mean the question is ill-posed. Consider the question, posed in 1450: what is the problem the printing press is trying to solve? In a sense, I’m trying to figure out if people think of AI as something like the printing press or not.
Honest question: what do you think is the main problem AI is supposed to solve?
Very excited to share a Special Collection at the Journal of Neuroscience (@sfnjournals.bsky.social) - Central Questions for Social Neuroscience Research. This issue includes some of the latest perspectives on social neuroscience research. Please check it out!👇
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M. J. Crockett (Princeton) is reshaping how we understand moral cognition. Their research shows how learning & decision processes shape moral behavior, and how technologies like social media can exploit those processes & erode trust. Read more: www.nasonline.org/award/trolan... #NASaward
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@felipedebrigard.bsky.social is joining us in a week to present "Remembering as Inverse Causal Inference" in our in-person colloquia series. Our reading groups are hybrid&many of our events are recorded. Please join us in what way(s) work for you!
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We’re hiring! The Suthana Lab @ Duke is looking for a Research Assistant to join our team studying human memory & real-world 🧠 dynamics using wearable tech & intracranial recordings.
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You can also email suthanalab@duke.edu with CV/questions. Please share!
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Imagination in bonobos!
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
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Knowing that there are people actively working toward a better and more peaceful world gives me hope. This Friday, you can hear from some folks who have been carefully thinking about ways in which behavioral and neural sciences can contribute to peace building. www.neuropaz.com/en
I'm switching our research methods course from R to @jamovi.bsky.social this semester, and am absolutely thrilled to discover there's a Jamovi version of @djnavarro.net's free textbook. Such an amazjng service to the methods teachers of the world 🙏 www.learnstatswithjamovi.com
We’ve been doing pre-acceptance interviews for about 5 years now, and they are super helpful. They are 30 min, structured zoom interviews that help to clarify, among other things, whether the applicants did indeed write their WS.
This paper is the first thing that came to mind scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
Call to Action: This Friday, Minnesota is being called to stand together in real, visible solidarity. Labor unions, faith leaders, and community organizers are urging people across the state to plan ahead and take part in a Minnesota Economic Blackout do not work, do not attend school, and do not
Screenshot of the title page of an article published in the journal "Psychological Bulletin" titled: "Trust and Subjective Well-Being Across the Lifespan: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations."
Trust in others and institutions predicts subjective well-being and vice versa. This makes me even more attuned to the costs of people and systems that undermine trust. The decay of trust as a public health issue. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
This book is a wonderful, synthetic and richly illustrated journey through the natural history of the vertebrate brain 🤩
A big thank you to the authors 🙏
"A major theme in the evolution of the telencephalon has been the emergence of novel pathways...
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My department, Duke Neurobiology, is searching for a new chair. Ad below. Come work with me, @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social @ennatsew.bsky.social @jorggrandl.bsky.social @jnklab.bsky.social @sbilbo.bsky.social @neurocircuits.bsky.social and many other amazing folks! @dukemedschool.bsky.social
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The only thing Orwell got wrong was the year 😢
This must be a great resource! Thank you @gershbrain.bsky.social for being the coolest :-)
This remains my best-ever talk, on "double dipping" in data analysis. Applies to every field of science and data processing, researchers are making the mistakes discussed here every day and in every way #stats #DoubleDipping #RegressionToTheMean
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This paper is now published in Cognition, and was spearheaded by the amazing Ricardo Morales-Torres w/ Kaylee Miceli. Hope you like it! (4/4) doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
--and as assumed by pretty much every social psychologist working on counterfactual thinking since. Instead, we believe the evidence supports an ordered sampling view, along the lines of what's been proposed by @jsphillips.bsky.social @fierycushman.bsky.social and @xphilosopher.bsky.social (3/n)
