Nautilus Magazine

Does motherhood hurt a woman's memory? In an interview with Nautilus, neuroscientist Susana Carmona of @neuromaternal says deficits are restricted to the third trimester and first years postpartum—and long-term, cognitive function improves.

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Why "forgive and forget" is bad advice: "When you forgive, it's not that you forget the event," says @DukeU memory researcher and @macfound MacArthur fellow Felipe De Brigard, in a conversation about how forgiveness reshapes the memory of atrocity. bit.ly/4jM8Ela

Tavos announced Griffin, supposedly the first AI product to pass a video version of the Turing Test.
@anilkseth calls it a terrible development: "The only way to ensure safety is to not build these things in the first place." bit.ly/4ARvXA6

We can shop, work, and watch movies without leaving home. But what happens to human connection when we stop showing up? A sociologist explores what screens leave out in his new book.
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The amygdala's nerve cells only fire briefly when an animal is first startled. Then they quit. So how does fear linger after the threat has passed? An interview with @salkinstitute neuroscientist Kay Tye on a newly discovered brain region in mice.

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