by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | Computer Sciences, Machine learning & AI, TECHXPLORE
Reasoning, the process through which human beings mentally process information to draw specific conclusions or solve problems, can be divided into two main categories. The first type of reasoning, known as deductive reasoning, entails starting from a general rule or...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
Over the course of their lives, animals form associations between sensory stimuli and predicted threats or rewards. These associations can, in turn, shape the behaviors of animals, prompting them to engage in avoidant behaviors (e.g., avoiding specific stimuli and...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | General Physics, Optics & Photonics, PHYS.ORG, Physics
Researchers in the Neutral Atom Optical Clocks Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), University of Colorado and Pennsylvania State University recently devised a new sub-recoil Sisyphus cooling technique that could help to improve the...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure that entails the implantation of electrodes in specific brain regions, to subsequently stimulate these regions via high frequency electric impulses. This procedure is a highly effective therapeutic intervention...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders, affecting an estimated 300 million people worldwide. While there are currently numerous pharmacological treatments for depression, how different treatments impact the brains of the patients they are administered...
