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TL;DR: In mice, two visual areas of the brain kept signals they agreed on going longer and let mismatched signals fade faster. The two-way wiring between the areas appears to be what makes this happen. Key Findings Two areas recorded at once: 194 neurons in th…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in PLOS Computational Biology found that people overestimated an opponent’s competitiveness after betrayal, especially when they chose to watch the opponent instead of controlling their own avatar. Key Findings 62-person social task: 62 adu…
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TL;DR: A network model in Communications Physics (2026) found that Hebbian learning, the familiar “fire together, wire together” rule, trapped activity in old routes, while anti-Hebbian weakening helped activity reach new areas. Key Findings Positive reinforce…
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