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OU hosted the first in a series of forums featuring finalists to become director of the new Gateway to Belonging curriculum Tuesday. The Gateway to Belonging course was made a part of the university’s strategic plan unveiled in July 2020. The future director will receive a faculty position, supervise the curriculum and choose the instructional team according to an email to The Daily by Joshua Nelson, the chair of the search committee. The course will be required for all students as part of...

AI Is Not Actually an Existential Threat to Humanity, Scientists Say EVA HAMRUD, METAFACT 11 APRIL 2021 We encounter artificial intelligence (AI) every day. AI describes computer systems that are able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence. When you search something on the internet, the top results you see are decided by AI.   Any recommendations you get from your favorite shopping or streaming websites will also be based on an AI algorithm. These algorithms use your br...

These are uncharted times. Organisations and individuals have had to quickly learn new habits and adapt to new ways of working. Homes have become workspaces, and boundaries between personal life and the office have been crushed. For everyone, the stress of the crisis has been exhausting. But for some, it’s also been an opportunity to learn new skills, new ways of interacting with co-workers, or more simply, about themselves – what they really value in their lives and how they can maintain p...

AI Identifies New Multiple Sclerosis Subtypes from Brain Scans In MS, the central nervous system is attacked, damaging the myelin covers of nerve cells. [© iceteastock - Fotolia.com] April 8, 2021 Scientists at University College London (UCL) have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify three new multiple sclerosis (MS) subtypes from brain MRI scans. The researchers say the findings will help to identify those individuals with MS who are more likely to have disease progression, and could...

 E-Mail Scientists could be a step closer to finding a way to reduce the impact of traumatic memories, according to a Texas A&M University study published recently in the journal The report details a study by researchers from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Institute for Neuroscience. Stephen Maren, professor of psychological and brain sciences, said the groups findings suggest that procedures used by clinicians to indirectly reactivate traumatic memories render a w...

I am a Research Scientist at the Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience, San Diego State University, California, USA. I study how sign language and deafness shape communication and the brain. Specifically, the goal of my research is to use the study of sign languages to understand what is universal to all natural human languages. I earned my doctorate in Cognitive Perceptual and Brain Sciences from University College London, UK. While pursuing my PhD, I worked as a Lecturer in Engli...

Date Time Methadone research could help babies exposed to opioids in utero A study by researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis and the Gill Center for Biomolecular Science at IU Bloomington found that in-utero exposure to methadone in mice could negatively affect developmental milestones related to proper functioning of the brain’s sensory and motor systems. The findings could one day lead to new treatment options that reduce long-term damage to human babies ...

IIT Gandhinagar to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2021 from March 15 IIT Gandhinagar to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2021 from March 15 IIT Gandhinagar will be celebrating Brain Awareness Week 2021 from March 15 with the aim to inform and educate people about the many wonders of the brain. advertisement IIT Gandhinagar will be celebrating Brain Awareness Week 2021 from tomorrow, March 15. The Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is ...

Researchers study the effects of cocaine on patients diagnosed with schizophrenia Alejandro Fuertes-Saiz, fourth-year Psychiatry intern at the Hospital Provincial de Castellón and doctoral candidate at the CEU Cardenal Herrera (CEU UCH) University of Valencia, along with his thesis directors, Gonzalo Haro and Ana Benito, have just published in journal Brain Science the final results of three year-long research where they have studied the effects of cocaine on patients diagnosed with schizophre...

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