It took a series of aviation disasters for safety experts to realize the critical role of working memory when pilots and technicians juggle competing tasks. In some cases, technicians made apparently ...

This valuable study links psychological theories of chunking with a physiological implementation based on short-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic augmentation. The theoretical derivation for ...

Mark Zuckerberg has for months publicly hinted that he is backing away from open-source AI models. Now, Meta's latest AI pivot is starting to come into focus. The company is reportedly working on a ...

Given the rapid adoption of generative AI and its potential to impact a wide range of tasks, understanding the effects of AI on the economy is one of society’s most important questions. In this work, ...

Although memory has been extensively studied since the 19 th century and the beginning of psychological research, gaps in understanding remain. The key mechanisms that impact remembering or forgetting ...

Skoltech scientists have devised a mathematical model of memory. By analyzing its new model, the team came to surprising conclusions that could prove useful for robot design, artificial intelligence, ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a biologically plausible computational working memory (WM) model implemented using a spiking neuron model representing a predictable WM mechanism in a single neuron ...

Peng Zhou does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

dDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain eCross-Disciplinary Research in Environmental Technologies (CRETUS), ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...