Pleased to share my latest research "Zero-shot counting with a dual-stream neural network model" about a glimpsing neural network model the learns visual structure (here, number) in a way that generalises to new visual contents. The model replicates several neural and behavioural hallmarks of numerical cognition.
An imposing figure in the philosophy of mind, whose books on consciousness were among the first I read on the topic, always written in his distinctively clear, illustrative, and engaging style. His passing is a tremendous loss to academia.
'It's no surprise that your dog can learn to sit when you say "sit" and come when called. But a study appearing March 22 in the journal Current Biology has made the unexpected discovery that dogs generally also know that certain words "stand for" certain objects. When dogs hear those words, brain activity recordings suggest they activate a matching mental representation in their minds.'
Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind by Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen, 1997
Peppered with wit and controversial topics, this is a refreshing new look at the co-evolution of mind and culture. Bestselling authors Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen (The Collapse of Chaos, 1994) eloquently argue that our minds evolved within an inextricable link with culture and language.
March 20, 2024. I’ve been reading anecdotal Covid related posts since 2020 and they don’t seem to be getting any milder or better. I can’t imagine where we’ll be in just a few years from now. 🤷♂️ It’s a slow outta-control COVID train wreck that no one wants to talk about…
The Emergence of Mind: Where Technology Ends and We Begin by Jeffrey Kane demonstrates the profound and fundamental limitations of the technology and its use as a model of human thinking. In response, the book offers an emergent model of the human mind rooted in our experiences as living, sentient, social and conscious beings.
Nearly done coding an online #cognition experiment that I'm hoping to pilot today. There are always so many little details to finesse at this stage. Gotta love these tools though! #jspsych#jatos
The world that’s filtered through a sensor<br></br>is more than just a sterile tensor:<br></br>for all the truths in what’s outside,<br></br>the lies en route can’t be denied.<br></br><br></br>You sit behind your brain, I fear,<br></br>and every sense that you hold dear<br></br>is filtered through a lump of fat<br></br>while neuropeptides have a chat.<br></br><br></br>By the time a thing’s in your awareness<br></br>(that sense of conscious being-there-ness)<br></br>the world without’s been warped and twisted<br></br>by worlds within that once existed.<br></br><br></br>The things that you could swear are real<br></br>are mere veneers of what you feel:<br></br>the only truth you’ll ever know<br></br>is writ in what makes ions go –<br></br>and everything you’ve ever seen<br></br>has left a trail of dopamine.<br></br><br></br>Objective truth is nonexistent,<br></br>you’ve but the world that’s most consistent<br></br>with stimuli that came and went.<br></br>Don’t trust the world that’s evident,<br></br>for every rule’s a neural trick<br></br>and life is full of surprises.<br></br>
They measured the effects of a walk in nature on cognitive functioning. Yes there's a positive effect.
"Taking time to simply look at clouds, trees, rivers or vast landscapes involves no decision-making and appears to allow the brain to relax, recover, and function more effectively afterwards."
Can you point me to recent resources for Animal Music? Articles, Research papers etc.
I am preparing a summary/overview in the context of Evolutionary Musicology. I have already a lot of material I just wanna make sure I don't miss something important from the latest research.
Bonsoir bonsoir, si vous aimez les chats et que vous trouvez aussi que "L'IA est un peu con", vous allez forcément aimer la conférence #TEDx de Nicolas Rougier, intervenu à #TEDxQuartierLatin !