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NSF Funding Available for Research on Augmenting Human Cognition and Intelligent Cognitive Assistants
NSF invites researchers to apply for funding for projects addressing two main themes related to the human-technology frontier: (1) Foundations for Augmenting Human Cognition and (2) Embodied Intelligent Cognitive Assistants.
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Ratings Rise Over Time Because They Feel Easier to Make
People new to a ratings task are more critical than those who have been doing the evaluation task for longer period of time, a new study suggests.
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How To Break Your Phone Addiction
I got my first smartphone in the summer of 2012, and ever since, I’ve found myself wishing I had stuck with my flip phone. It’s not that I hate my iPhone, exactly, but I frequently
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One Of Déjà Vu’s Most Striking Features Is Just An Illusion
Actually, you don’t — you just think you do. A pair of researchers form Colorado State Researchers dug into the feeling of premonition that often accompanies déjà vu, using lab experiments that tried to induce
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Déjà Vu May Feel Like a Premonition, but It’s Not
In a study on déjà vu, participants were no more likely to accurately forecast the future than if they were blindly guessing — but when they were experiencing déjà vu, they felt like they could.
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Why People With Anxiety May Have Better Memories
Anxiety may come with a silver lining, a new study suggests: Feeling anxious in a new situation may help you remember it more vividly. Too much anxiety, though, can have the opposite effect, by impairing
