Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/11/sharf-preconfigured-brain/
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Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/11/sharf-preconfigured-brain/
#HackerNews #HumanBrains #PreconfiguredUnderstanding #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #BrainResearch
OMG this is, as you say, staggeringly serious: (from the abstract) “Scientists have now confirmed that the most abundant form of plastic in the Atlantic is in the form of nanoplastics, smaller than a micrometer. These particles are everywhere: in rain, rivers, and even the air. They may already be infiltrating entire ecosystems, including the human brain, and researchers say prevention—not cleanup—is our only hope.” 😐
Prevention! What hope is there of that? We’re doomed!
#Prevention #PublicHealth #Plastics #MicroPlastics #Nanoplastics #ecosystems #humanBrains #ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses
Scientists Connect Rat Brain to AI for the First Time
#Russian #scientists #MoscowStateUniversitydevelopers #rat #brain #artificialintelligence #AI #humanbrains #AI @everyone #members
CW: Paywall. New Scientist
Why did humans evolve big brains? A new idea bodes ill for our future | New Scientist
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#HominidBrains
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#BigBrains
#BrainShrinkage
#Paleontology
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#Humanbrains are getting bigger, here’s why that’s good news
https://talker.news/2024/03/29/human-brains-are-getting-better-heres-why-thats-good-news/
#Genetics may protect against #disease linked to eating #humanbrains
Remote tribes in Papua New Guinea were ravaged in the 20th century by kuru, which was spread when people ate their dead relatives as part of funeral rituals – but some individuals may have had genetic resistance to the condition
#Computerchips in #humanbrains: How #Americans view the #technology amid recent advances
Insect brains are much smaller and simpler than human brains, but they have some surprising similarities. Insects and humans have specialized brain regions for processing sensory information, learning and memory, and social behavior. They also share some common genes and neurotransmitters that regulate brain function. Insect brains can help us understand how our own brains evolved and worked. #insectbrains
#humanbrains #neuroscience https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-similar-are-insect-brains-to-human-brains