News tagged with degree of uncertainty
The hippocampus plays a fundamental role in the computing of uncertainty
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 30, 2009 |
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The hippocampus, a key brain region for memory and learning, codes the degree of uncertainty of potential reward situations. This fundamental role has just been demonstrated by Giovanna Vanni-Mercier and her colleagues at ...
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Uncertainty can be more stressful than clear negative feedback
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2008 |
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We are faced with uncertainty every day. Will our investments pay off? Will we get the promotions we are hoping for? When faced with the unknown, most people experience some degree of anxiety and discomfort. Exactly how much ...
Novelty drives choice behavior in humans
Jun 25, 2008 |
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New research suggests that novelty drives choice behavior , even when the degree of familiarity with an option is completely unrelated to choice outcome. The research, published by Cell Press in the June 26th issue of the ...
Contracts foster trust, but flexibility is needed, research says
Oct 30, 2009 |
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While detailed contracts can foster trust between parties, there needs to be flexibility in negotiating potential changes, according to research recently published in MIS Quarterly.
Invasive Species on the March: Variable Rates of Spread Set Current Limits to Predictability
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether for introduced muskrats in Europe or oak trees in the United Kingdom, zebra mussels in United States lakes or agricultural pests around the world, scientists have tried to find new ...
New metal alloys boost high-temperature heat treatment of jet engine components
Jul 24, 2007 |
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Measurement scientists at the National Physical Laboratory have reduced the uncertainty of thermocouple temperature sensors at high temperatures to within a degree. This may allow manufacturers to improve efficiency and reduce ...
Forward step in forecasting global warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Arizona State University researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-warming ...
Warming, heat waves projected to grow worse with large regional variability
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While long-term projections call for higher temperatures and heat waves even more intense than previously thought, considerable geographic variability is also in the forecast, according to a study published ...
How to limit risk of climate catastrophe
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of climate risk, published by researchers at MIT and elsewhere, shows that even moderate carbon-reduction policies now can substantially lower the risk of future climate change. ...
Brain cell mechanism for decision making also underlies judgment about certainty
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Countless times a day people judge their confidence in a choice they are about to make -- that they now can safely turn left at this intersection, that they aren't sure of their answer on ...
Physicists detect entanglement of one photon shared among four locations
May 08, 2009 |
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed an efficient method to detect entanglement shared among multiple parts of an optical system. They show how entanglement, in the form of beams of ...
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