Functional Ultrasound Imaging (fUSI) from scratch(neuroai.science)

47 points by pminimax 25 days ago | 9 comments

A Substack post from The NeuroAI archive explaining functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI), an emerging brain imaging modality that tracks blood flow linked to neural activity.

Mini brain organoids ‘reading’ Braille key step towards biohybrid computing(frontiersin.org)

36 points by CharlesW 4 days ago | 48 comments

Frontiers news article on a Bristol study where brain organoids on electrode arrays relayed tactile Braille signals decodable by an SVM, with three organoids reaching 83% accuracy.

How the brain increases blood flow on demand(hms.harvard.edu)

148 points by gmays 1 year ago | 66 comments

MRI scans show exercise can make the brain look younger(sciencedaily.com)

81 points by amichail 8 months ago | 28 comments

If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?(1393.xyz)

119 points by rdgthree 10 months ago | 69 comments

Omega-3 is inversely related to risk of early-onset dementia(pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

258 points by brandonb 8 months ago | 152 comments

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain(news.mit.edu)

525 points by gmays 1 year ago | 254 comments

MIT News article on research showing attention lapses during sleep deprivation coincide with fluid flushing from the brain, a process normally occurring during sleep.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adults(bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com)

465 points by redbell 1 year ago | 173 comments

Open-access BMC Psychiatry research article reporting a cross-sectional study linking repetitive negative thinking to cognitive function decline in older adults.