Researchers at King’s College Hospital and Queen Mary University of London have shown that a new computer-based algorithm can rank
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Potential jurors favor use of artificial intelligence in precision medicine
Physicians who follow artificial intelligence (AI) advice may be considered less liable for medical malpractice than is commonly thought, according
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Artificial intelligence to predict which COVID-19 patients need ventilators
Experts at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, have begun using artificial intelligence to create computer models that calculate the risk
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Similar information rates across languages, despite divergent speech rates
Spanish may seem to be spoken at a higher speed than Vietnamese, but that doesn’t make it any more “efficient.”
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Share your goals — but be careful whom you tell: Tell your aspirations to higher-status people, study suggests
If you want to achieve a goal, make sure you share your objective with the right person. In a new
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Shrinking brain tumors and opening the door for targeted cancer therapies
A new drug, known as IP1867B, could be used for future treatments of brain tumours. Dr Richard Hill led the
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How some older brains decline before people realize it
Some older adults without noticeable cognitive problems have a harder time than younger people in separating irrelevant information from what
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Chimpanzees’ working memory similar to ours: Contrary to humans, chimpanzees did not use search strategies to facilitate their task
Working memory is central to our mental lives; we use it to add up the cost of our shopping or
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How procrastinators and doers differ genetically
Some people tend to postpone actions. In women, this trait is associated with a genetic predisposition towards a higher level
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Storing data in music
Manuel Eichelberger and Simon Tanner, two ETH doctoral students, store data in music. This means, for example, that background music
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