emotions

Empathy. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Empathic immunity

The ability to empathize with the suffering of others is an evolutionary mechanism that helps us protect ourselves.
The gorilla Leah. Photo: Tivor Yeager, courtesy of the Safari

The evolution of facial expressions

The primitive facial architecture of the gorilla as a key to understanding human facial expressions
The impact of artificial intelligence on the social sciences. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Artificial intelligence also analyzes the violation of social norms

Prof. Yair Neuman from Ben Gurion University responded to DARPA's challenge and succeeded in developing an artificial intelligence that would recognize social norms and the Fartan. The research findings were published in the prestigious journal Scientific Reports
Figure: Dotan Reis using DALEE 2

What you can learn from ChatGPT about being human

ChatGPT's success may require us to update our notions of what is "thought," what is "creativity," and what is "speech." Does ChatGPT think and talk like us, or is it an imitation of the real thing? What is
negative emotion. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Positive emotion to reduce negative emotion

It turns out that when people are sad, they choose more actions that cause pleasure, and when they feel shame, they choose more actions that cause pride
A boy and his dog. Photo: depositphotos.com

Now it's scientific: dogs love us as much as we love them

"The conversation is always about what the dog contributes to man, and there are even opinions that accuse humanity of exploiting other species. The innovative research findings of CLEVER DOG LAB and TECH4ANIMALS imply that even
Young chimpanzee, photographer: Pierre-Fidenci, Wikimedia

Things donors know: how evolution can create emotions

baby playing From WIKIMEDIA COMMONS CC license

The voice of the skeptic - the beginning of justice

The dopamine pathways in the brain and between them the striatum

Loneliness is (also) in the eye of the beholder

marriage. From Wikipedia

Forgive me, forgive me

Pair

Relationship, time and happiness

Garbage bag - we pack what bothers us

Closed and signed

A fresco from Pompeii from the first century (now in the National Museum of Naples) shows Larix pulling an arrow from the leg of Aeneas while Aeneas' son - Lalulus Ascanius - cries next to his father. On the left - Anas's mother - the goddess Venus

Another word about altruism

A face expressing fear from the book "The expressions of fear in mother and beast" written by Darwin

The pinnacle of courage