How to Hack an Intelligent Machine
AI scientists try to trick smart systems into making dumb gaffes
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Why Are Some People More Creative Than Others?
Neuroscientists have started to identify thinking processes and brain regions involved with creativity
Experimental Huntington's Therapy Shows Promise in a Small Trial
Drugs that disrupt production of toxic proteins in the brain could work for various degenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
The Prevalence of Autism in the U.S. Appears Steady
New data suggest the rate hovers between two and three percent
Are Toxic Political Conversations Changing How We Feel about Objective Truth?
As political polarization grows, the arguments we have with one another may be shifting our understanding of truth itself
Good Friends Might Be Your Best Brain Booster as You Age
SuperAgers report strong social relationships
Healthy Choices? Storefront Placement Plays a Role
Supermarket displays tip customers toward or away from healthful purchasing decisions
Why Words Matter: What Cognitive Science Says about Prohibiting Certain Terms
Scientific American asks an expert about the Trump administration’s latest CDC language guidance
Repetitive Sounds Are Music to the Brain
Repeating something can render that thing melodious—even the sound of a shovel being dragged across the pavement. Karen Hopkin reports.
6 Ways to Deal with Panic Attacks
Your heart races, you feel lightheaded, your sweat glands work overtime—is this the end? Nope, it's a panic attack. The Savvy Psychologist has 6 ways to fight this disabling disorder...
Do Brain-Wiring Differences Make Women More Vulnerable to Concussions?
Female axons—brain cells’ output cables—are shown to have a thinner structure
For Baby's Brain to Benefit, Read the Right Books at the Right Time
Tales with individual faces and objects seem to help
The Mystery of How Babies Experience Pain
We may be underestimating how much pain babies feel when they are under stress
Squirrels Can Store the Same Kinds of Nuts in Specific Groupings
Smart cookies remember their buried treasure
Why Autism Seems to Cluster in Some Immigrant Groups
Cultural barriers lead clinicians to misdiagnose or miss kids with the condition
Why Click Speech Is Rare
Vocal anatomy may be the reason so few languages use these sounds
Bad News for the Highly Intelligent
Superior IQs are associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests
This Video Game May Help Kids with ADHD
It hasn’t been compared with traditional drugs or therapy
Parents in a Remote Amazon Village Barely Talk to Their Babies--and the Kids Are Fine
Ignoring a Western child-rearing practice does not seem to matter for the Tsimané of Bolivia
Could Intelligent Machines of the Future Own the Rights to Their Own Creations?
The protection of intellectual property is essential for economic advancement