Confidence may therefore not have a single computational architecture. Sometimes it behaves like a genuine second thought; sometimes it is built into the first.

To enhance AI safety, take a lesson from biological brains; a small set of wants maintains durable control over a much larger ...

Ariel Zylberberg is a research scientist at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute. He studies the neural and computational mechanisms of decision-making, with a particular focus on confidence and ...

Gene activity across 17 mouse models occurs in one of two molecular states, suggesting diverse genetic changes converge on a ...

A new functional MRI (fMRI) technique cuts down on scanning noise and motion-related artifacts, broadening the range of brain ...

A process that uses a lottery system saves time and accepts that, above a quality threshold, luck has always played a part in ...

The frog Pipa pipa is an effective hunter, yet it doesn’t chase its prey. Instead, the aquatic frog lies in wait, motionless ...

The findings provide a new perspective on how granule cells in the cerebellum help to generalize across tasks.

Denis Henshaw is emeritus professor of human radiation effects in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol, and Fellow Collegium Ramazzini.

The assumption that waking life consists of a stream of conscious representations has inadvertently led consciousness science ...

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 28 September.

The field has long known that serotonin neurons vary, but understanding how and where they connect within the brain was ...