Purpose: The aim of this tutorial is to show how the rise of molecular technologies and analytical methods in human genetics yields exciting new ...

npj Science of Learning - Nurture might be nature: cautionary tales and proposed solutions

De erfelijke aanleg voor ADHD overlapt met aanleg voor dyslexie en dyscalculie, blijkt uit onderzoek van de VU en UvA.

A study of several longitudinal birth cohorts and cross-sectional cohorts finds only moderate overlap in genetic variants between autism that is diagnosed earlier and that diagnosed later, so they may represent aetiologically different conditions.

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LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.

I’m tired of this phrase and this simple way of thinking about tools. This blog post is a wandering train of thought on the topic of what tools are and why it matters to be even slightly more mature i...

Psychological research in small-scale societies is crucial for what it stands to tell us about human psychological diversity. However, people in these communities, typically Indigenous communities in ...

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

A new brain prosthesis can read out inner thoughts in real time, helping people with ALS and brain stem stroke communicate fast and comfortably

Is it ‘autistic person’ or ‘person with autism’? How many autistic people are also LGBT+? Has ABA improved in recent years? Do parents of autistic people wish for a cure? Do autistic people feel empathy or not?   With a subject as broad (and historically misunderstood) as autism, it’s important to build an accurate and meaningful consensus about important topics. With this in mind, I ran a survey which intended to establish current attitudes towards a variety of autism-related issues, […]

Some European governments are rethinking the use of English in universities, exposing tensions between internationalization and national priorities.

One thing we want to try and figure out is how care plays out across different cultural traditions in different parts of the world at different times.

Abstract. Researchers have recently argued that the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) can provide new insights into longstanding debates about the role of learning and/or innateness in the ...

Understanding how mathematics anxiety takes root points to ways to overcome it, opening up new opportunities and pastimes