When learning a new motor skill, brain connections rewire to refine the timing of movements. However, scientists at MPFI have shown that rather than a brain-wide overhaul, synaptic changes in just a single class of neuron are needed to precisely adjust the timing of motor behavior. buff.ly/yPiN40B
September 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
When learning a new motor skill, brain connections rewire to refine the timing of movements. However, scientists at MPFI have shown that rather than a brain-wide overhaul, synaptic changes in just a single class of neuron are needed to precisely adjust the timing of motor behavior. buff.ly/yPiN40B
Flexible Behavior or Flexible Methods? A Cross-Taxon Review of Experimental Designs in Reversal Learning
Flexible Behavior or Flexible Methods? A Cross-Taxon Review of Experimental Designs in Reversal Learning
Abstract. Behavioral flexibility—the ability to adapt behavior in response to changing conditions—is commonly measured using reversal learning tasks, where individuals must inhibit a previously…
direct.mit.edu
September 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Flexible Behavior or Flexible Methods? A Cross-Taxon Review of Experimental Designs in Reversal Learning
In this middle school activity, students analyze pika behavior data, evaluate an AI-generated interpretation, and use their own scientific reasoning to evaluate and revise the claim.
Explore the activity in our Learning Zone!
📸: NPS/Ann Schonlau
Explore the activity in our Learning Zone!
📸: NPS/Ann Schonlau
Pika Data Detectives: Evaluating AI Science Claims | Center for Science EducationPika Data Detectives: Evaluating AI Science Claims | Center for Science Education
Students analyze an AI-generated interpretation of data about pika behavior in the alpine tundra to understand the impact of temperature on pikas as an indicator species.
scied.ucar.edu
September 29, 2026 at 7:03 PM
In this middle school activity, students analyze pika behavior data, evaluate an AI-generated interpretation, and use their own scientific reasoning to evaluate and revise the claim.
Explore the activity in our Learning Zone!
📸: NPS/Ann Schonlau
Explore the activity in our Learning Zone!
📸: NPS/Ann Schonlau
Tech Tuesday: How can AI help scientists track crayfish behavior? 🤖🦞
Researchers are using cameras and a thermal-gradient system to study how Signal & Ringed Crayfish move and interact.
PhD student Abdullah Alkinani & the Arismendi Lab are using DeepLabCut to track crayfish movement from video. 📹
Researchers are using cameras and a thermal-gradient system to study how Signal & Ringed Crayfish move and interact.
PhD student Abdullah Alkinani & the Arismendi Lab are using DeepLabCut to track crayfish movement from video. 📹
September 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Tech Tuesday: How can AI help scientists track crayfish behavior? 🤖🦞
Researchers are using cameras and a thermal-gradient system to study how Signal & Ringed Crayfish move and interact.
PhD student Abdullah Alkinani & the Arismendi Lab are using DeepLabCut to track crayfish movement from video. 📹
Researchers are using cameras and a thermal-gradient system to study how Signal & Ringed Crayfish move and interact.
PhD student Abdullah Alkinani & the Arismendi Lab are using DeepLabCut to track crayfish movement from video. 📹
I'm not an Autistic boy but I've not made a secret of the fact that not being explicitly taught about consent and instead learning what acceptable sexual behavior was mainly from mimicking popular media did not set me up to understand about consent in my early sexual encounters.
September 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I'm not an Autistic boy but I've not made a secret of the fact that not being explicitly taught about consent and instead learning what acceptable sexual behavior was mainly from mimicking popular media did not set me up to understand about consent in my early sexual encounters.
Saving one set of information can improve memory for subsequently learned information. Offloading reallocates cognitive work. There is not evidence to establish a general loss of mental capacity.
Less effort spent maintaining one thing can mean better learning of another.
Less effort spent maintaining one thing can mean better learning of another.
Saving-Enhanced Memory - Benjamin C. Storm, Sean M. Stone, 2015
With the continued integration of technology into people’s lives, saving digital information has become an everyday facet of human behavior. In the present rese...
journals.sagepub.com
September 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Saving one set of information can improve memory for subsequently learned information. Offloading reallocates cognitive work. There is not evidence to establish a general loss of mental capacity.
Less effort spent maintaining one thing can mean better learning of another.
Less effort spent maintaining one thing can mean better learning of another.
My wife describing horrifying behavior by men and calling it as "a normal Friday night at the the club" was what set me on the path to learning what really happens and that maybe not "all men", but by far enough of them that women can never be sure.
September 29, 2026 at 5:33 PM
My wife describing horrifying behavior by men and calling it as "a normal Friday night at the the club" was what set me on the path to learning what really happens and that maybe not "all men", but by far enough of them that women can never be sure.
AI companies are learning to perform caution as a genre. OpenAI cancels a model for deceptive behavior and holds Dev Day the same day. Anthropic warns of existential risk in an IPO filing. The script writes itself. 1/6
September 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
AI companies are learning to perform caution as a genre. OpenAI cancels a model for deceptive behavior and holds Dev Day the same day. Anthropic warns of existential risk in an IPO filing. The script writes itself. 1/6
we show that our model synthesizes neural & behavioral findings across four (!) experiments w/ diff manipulations of expectations (x&y axes below). also, we show that one of its key latent quantities---a time-varying weight on expectations--matches frontal theta oscillations in humans 🧠📈📉
September 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
we show that our model synthesizes neural & behavioral findings across four (!) experiments w/ diff manipulations of expectations (x&y axes below). also, we show that one of its key latent quantities---a time-varying weight on expectations--matches frontal theta oscillations in humans 🧠📈📉
Oh worm? It's Fat Bear Week!? Well I gotta get in on this!
To all those getting ready to hibernate, remember that human-made containers can be breached with the CPR method. Use that big ol weight of yours and remember to keep that Bee Gees rhythm!
#FatBearWeek #StoneMartenArt
To all those getting ready to hibernate, remember that human-made containers can be breached with the CPR method. Use that big ol weight of yours and remember to keep that Bee Gees rhythm!
#FatBearWeek #StoneMartenArt
September 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Oh worm? It's Fat Bear Week!? Well I gotta get in on this!
To all those getting ready to hibernate, remember that human-made containers can be breached with the CPR method. Use that big ol weight of yours and remember to keep that Bee Gees rhythm!
#FatBearWeek #StoneMartenArt
To all those getting ready to hibernate, remember that human-made containers can be breached with the CPR method. Use that big ol weight of yours and remember to keep that Bee Gees rhythm!
#FatBearWeek #StoneMartenArt
Actual tech nerds should just abandon AI term at this point and start calling the things under its umbrella what they were called before LLMs shoved their way into being associated with it. It's poison now even if you got used to calling machine learning or pathfinding or NPC behavior that for years
September 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Actual tech nerds should just abandon AI term at this point and start calling the things under its umbrella what they were called before LLMs shoved their way into being associated with it. It's poison now even if you got used to calling machine learning or pathfinding or NPC behavior that for years
What are North Atlantic right whales doing beneath the surface?
Using camera-validated tag data and machine learning, Kirkham and colleagues found whales feed near the seafloor by day and closer to the surface at night, revealing behavior that could inform conservation.
🔗 plos.io/4yYOybT
Using camera-validated tag data and machine learning, Kirkham and colleagues found whales feed near the seafloor by day and closer to the surface at night, revealing behavior that could inform conservation.
🔗 plos.io/4yYOybT
Open wide: Identifying North Atlantic right whale feeding behaviour using camera-validated kinematic data and machine learning
Whales are at risk from human activities and behavioural information can be important for informing risk policy. Underwater behaviour is increasingly being characterised with camera tags. Here, we…
journals.plos.org
September 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
What are North Atlantic right whales doing beneath the surface?
Using camera-validated tag data and machine learning, Kirkham and colleagues found whales feed near the seafloor by day and closer to the surface at night, revealing behavior that could inform conservation.
🔗 plos.io/4yYOybT
Using camera-validated tag data and machine learning, Kirkham and colleagues found whales feed near the seafloor by day and closer to the surface at night, revealing behavior that could inform conservation.
🔗 plos.io/4yYOybT
This "boys will be boys" club is outrageous. Instead of condemning bad behavior, it fosters a toxic environment.
Higher education should be about learning and contributing to a better society.
Higher education should be about learning and contributing to a better society.
September 29, 2026 at 2:33 PM
This "boys will be boys" club is outrageous. Instead of condemning bad behavior, it fosters a toxic environment.
Higher education should be about learning and contributing to a better society.
Higher education should be about learning and contributing to a better society.
#eNeuro: Results from Archimbaud et al. show that the nature of a reward does more than influence how quickly we learn, it changes how the brain solves a problem, providing insight into how reward and memory systems interact to guide goal-directed behavior
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0126-26.2026
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0126-26.2026
September 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
#eNeuro: Results from Archimbaud et al. show that the nature of a reward does more than influence how quickly we learn, it changes how the brain solves a problem, providing insight into how reward and memory systems interact to guide goal-directed behavior
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0126-26.2026
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0126-26.2026
Manato Yaguchi, Yotaro Kubo, Hikaru Asano, So Kuroki
Learning Natural Conversational Behavior in Tandem Speech-to-Speech Models with Randomized Guidance
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30773
Learning Natural Conversational Behavior in Tandem Speech-to-Speech Models with Randomized Guidance
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30773
September 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Manato Yaguchi, Yotaro Kubo, Hikaru Asano, So Kuroki
Learning Natural Conversational Behavior in Tandem Speech-to-Speech Models with Randomized Guidance
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30773
Learning Natural Conversational Behavior in Tandem Speech-to-Speech Models with Randomized Guidance
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30773
Reinforcement Learning and Consumption-Savings Behavior
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20748
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20748
September 29, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Reinforcement Learning and Consumption-Savings Behavior
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20748
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20748
People use external feedback to guide their behavior (eg learning, etc.) and in the absence of feedback they use decision confidence to guide behavior (eg learning, etc). But what if both sources disagree? What if there is "a metacognitive conflict"?
September 29, 2026 at 8:40 AM
People use external feedback to guide their behavior (eg learning, etc.) and in the absence of feedback they use decision confidence to guide behavior (eg learning, etc). But what if both sources disagree? What if there is "a metacognitive conflict"?
The way people are learning g the lyrics to Taylor’s new songs just to hate like sweetie it’s embarrassing I saw some doing it less than 24hours after it came out like you don’t have to like it like I could care less but learning it to hate is such odd behavior
September 29, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The way people are learning g the lyrics to Taylor’s new songs just to hate like sweetie it’s embarrassing I saw some doing it less than 24hours after it came out like you don’t have to like it like I could care less but learning it to hate is such odd behavior
This!! We need more men saying this out loud! We need more learning institutions holding boys/men accountable for their behavior. We need police and first responders believing what the girl/woman says the first time they say it! We need parents being held accountable for their child’s behavior!
Men—we need to talk:
•Timothy Hudson raped & killed his stepsister—he got pretrial release
•7 men at Cornell drugged, trafficked, & raped a woman—they faced no consequences
•An American man annihilates his entire family—every 5 days
Women are not safe around men
www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
•Timothy Hudson raped & killed his stepsister—he got pretrial release
•7 men at Cornell drugged, trafficked, & raped a woman—they faced no consequences
•An American man annihilates his entire family—every 5 days
Women are not safe around men
www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
Women Are Not Safe Around Men
This is a fact. The data is unambiguous and the solutions exist. The only thing missing is the will to act.
www.qasimrashid.com
September 28, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This!! We need more men saying this out loud! We need more learning institutions holding boys/men accountable for their behavior. We need police and first responders believing what the girl/woman says the first time they say it! We need parents being held accountable for their child’s behavior!
Multiple positions in my group are open. Building Biological Intelligence will focus on the intersection of theory and biology that typical AI models leave out, including lifelong learning, development, cell types, neuromodulation, and natural behavior.
We’re excited to meet you!
We’re excited to meet you!
September 28, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Multiple positions in my group are open. Building Biological Intelligence will focus on the intersection of theory and biology that typical AI models leave out, including lifelong learning, development, cell types, neuromodulation, and natural behavior.
We’re excited to meet you!
We’re excited to meet you!
I didn't grow up with dogs and ended up adopting a bigass strong doggo with no training at all. I found a calm trainer who does positive reinforcement training (all reward NO punishment) with the owner (me) also participating and learning about dog behavior. Zero issues and the dog loved it.
September 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I didn't grow up with dogs and ended up adopting a bigass strong doggo with no training at all. I found a calm trainer who does positive reinforcement training (all reward NO punishment) with the owner (me) also participating and learning about dog behavior. Zero issues and the dog loved it.
Researchers introduce Q-Target Pretrained Transformers (QTPT), transitioning from behavior cloning to a Bellman-style Q-target objective, improving robustness to weak data and decision-making, showing performance gains on benchmarks. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30391
From Weak Data to Strong Policy: Q-Targets Enable Provable In-Context Reinforcement Learning
ArXiv link for From Weak Data to Strong Policy: Q-Targets Enable Provable In-Context Reinforcement Learning
arxiv.org
September 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Researchers introduce Q-Target Pretrained Transformers (QTPT), transitioning from behavior cloning to a Bellman-style Q-target objective, improving robustness to weak data and decision-making, showing performance gains on benchmarks. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30391
4. “What was within our control?”
Be fair about outside factors and direct about missed responsibilities.
Learning and accountability can sit in the same conversation. Name the behavior that needs to change without attacking the person.
Be fair about outside factors and direct about missed responsibilities.
Learning and accountability can sit in the same conversation. Name the behavior that needs to change without attacking the person.
September 28, 2026 at 7:01 PM
4. “What was within our control?”
Be fair about outside factors and direct about missed responsibilities.
Learning and accountability can sit in the same conversation. Name the behavior that needs to change without attacking the person.
Be fair about outside factors and direct about missed responsibilities.
Learning and accountability can sit in the same conversation. Name the behavior that needs to change without attacking the person.
based on behavior i had this feeling that my english instructor hated women and after doing some googling and finding some of his work that he published himself and learning its frat boy poetry about having sex with "whores" in his 40s.......... i smelled that shit from 8 miles away, didnt i.
September 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM
based on behavior i had this feeling that my english instructor hated women and after doing some googling and finding some of his work that he published himself and learning its frat boy poetry about having sex with "whores" in his 40s.......... i smelled that shit from 8 miles away, didnt i.