cognition
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Driving Behavior Can Be Used To Detect Signs Of Dementia: Study
A team of researchers in the United States think that they found a new way to detect the early signs of cognitive impairment using drivers. Machine learning and algorithms can analyse driving behaviour to potentially detect the signs of dementia in driving.
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Study Shows How Our Brains Replay Recent Experiences During Sleep
While we sleep, our brains are busy organising fresh memories into long-term storage—or at least, that’s the theory. Intriguing new research is bolstering this assertion, with evidence that our brains replay the day’s experiences during sleep, in what is an integral part of the memory-storage process.
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New ‘Time Slice’ Theory Suggests You’re Not As Conscious As You Think You Are
Our conscious perception of the world feels like a continuous and uninterrupted flow, but a new study suggests that it’s actually more like the frames of a movie reel running through a projector.
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Science Finally Explains Slackers
There’s a neurological reason for apathy and laziness, according to new research. Inefficient connections between certain areas of the brain may make it harder for some people to decide to act.