TechSpot

MAY 1, 2023

Scientific American notes that a group of researchers has developed a GPT model that can read a human's mind. The main difference is that the prompt is human brain activity. The program is not dissimilar to ChatGPT in that it can generate coherent, continuous language from a prompt. Read Entire Article

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

How do you make a sensible decision about whether its safe to cross the street when your brain must instantaneously juggle conflicting and related sensory information? One of the last areas of the brain to mature, its responsible for moment-to-moment reactions. Those decisions are made in the prefrontal cortex.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

We know in theory what a brain injury means, but seeing Gabby Giffords on stage, struggling to speak as a result of her brain injury, brought its impact home. The human brain is an extremely complex organ, but it should be getting easier to tune up different exercises for different recovery needs. This time, I jumped up!

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Just like the human body has an optimal time to wake and to sleep, the circadian rhythm can be a smart way to set up your daily activities in order to get the most out of your day. Skimming through our email has become like reading the newspaper; it’s an activity we focus on most heavily earlier in the day. Before 12 p.m. Take a nap.

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The Next Web

MARCH 4, 2014

I’ve written how creativity works in the brain before, and I found it really useful to understand this process. There’s so much going on in the brain during creativity that science is still trying to pin down exactly how it all works. This network helps us to construct mental images when we’re engaged in these activities.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The human brain only has the capacity for 1.6 conversations, according to Julian Treasure , TED speaker and author of Sound Business , and if your mind wanders to a nearby discussion, you don’t have much brain power left to work with. And encourage an environment of mindful chatter amongst neighboring desks.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

What goes on in your brain during a group brainstorming session. Brain imaging studies have shown that in the presence of external stimulation, introverts show more activity in the regions of the brain that process information, make meaning, and problem solve compared to extroverts. Groups hate scary ideas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

Behavioral Science relates to the interactions and activities of human beings. With this in mind, try and show that other people are supporting and/or donating to your cause. Our brains are built to follow stories , so highlighting individual stories is a powerful way to tap into emotions. Here’s what you need to know.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Thier ideas, unique points of view, and diverse talents provide us with critical information and expertise, and greatly enhance our program activities. Our virtual volunteering offerings also include Donate Your Brain , a microvolunteering initiative. We mapped out the process we would use to promote Donate Your Brain opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

We will be doing early morning sessions to engage participants in some mindful moment and movement exercises. I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. It helps center and refocus our brains which is important for learning.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Nearly 300 people are using them, and they’re part of the same online community, which allows everyone to see each other’s activity. The transparency and gamification aspects of it have led people to really step up the amount of activity they do on a daily basis. Brain Trainer by Lumosity. Praetor Global LLC.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

For instance, they could track the nerve signals your brain sends to your fingers while you’re typing, so you can type on a virtual keyboard without physical buttons. Facebook insists that although the band reads neural signals, “this is not akin to mind reading.” The bands can theoretically do a lot more, though.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

Is that sort of an active “industry is going to sort itself out” conversation or is that two companies that just aren’t in the same lane? There’s a lot of confusion there, so what, in your mind, beyond just, “Can you sleep in it?” Is it hands off, mind off, or not? Is it hands off, mind off, or not? Put your mind away.

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DataRobot

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Nvidia is now at the center of the AI ecosystem, Anima points out, as its advanced Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) act as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars capable of understanding the modern world. Even today, however, many activities are beyond AI’s reach. CUDA currently has more than 2.3 million developers.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Your body keeps track of time in a section in your brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (or SCN). The participants spent two nights in a sleep lab where the researchers measured their brain activity, looking at alertness and ability to concentrate. This is a full, mandatory shutdown of all internal activities.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The human stress response, also known as fight-or-flight response, activates adrenaline and cortisol. Activities like sending low-stakes emails or catching up with co-workers, for example, can actually be enjoyable and even restorative. Remember, the brain is like a muscle. Thats why so many of us perform well under pressure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2017

In my book , co-written with Aliza Sherman , we walk through plenty of warning signs, along with self-care activities to alleviate your stress. When you’re overworked and over stressed, it affects your concentration—your mind wanders, you forget things easily, you can’t focus. There’s a reason why healthy food is called “brain food.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

As the CEO of medium-sized business, she was admired for her decision-making ability, moral conscience, and close coordination of staff activities (“Paula Front-and-Center,” they called her). The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. How do you balance your to do list of discrete projects with your daily social media activities that are open-ended? Brain Fitness. There is the mind-body connection which boils down to taking care of yourself. Or maybe it is negative thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2011

Taking a break from online this week to stare at the ocean, visit family, and air out the brain. As someone who spends a lot of time online, breaks like this can be good for the heart, soul, and brain. Someone referred me to this excellent post by Danah Boyd about how to take an email sabbatical.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

It’s about being strategic and focusing on the RIGHT activities. You just need to be able to log your daily activities and how much time you spend on each one. You can use pencil and paper, an Excel document, or an online tool like Clockify which lets you click ‘Start’ and ‘Stop’ every time you begin or end an activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Breath links mind, brain, and body – and paying attention to your breath help cultivate mindfulness. Like meditation, mindful use of social media begins with noticing when your attention has wandered, and then gently bringing it back to focus on your highest priority – like training a puppy.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

There are primitive parts of your brain that control your reaction to threats on your reputation, making these reactions extremely difficult to control. What happens in our brain. When you think about negative consequences, a part of your brain, the hypothalamus, activates and triggers the pituitary gland to secrete the hormone ACTH.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Don’t waste valuable brain power. Open-minded humanists, interested in a broad spectrum of topics and issues. We schedule daily conference calls around a number of activities. The word critical comes from the Greek word kritikos, which means the ability to judge or discern. The ability to manage risk and the courage to fail.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Wisear showed me its neural interface: By using the aforementioned electrodes to record the brain and facial activity, its patent-pending AI technology transforms these signals into controls that let the user take actions. We took a step back and we decided that the neural interface would first be based on muscle and eye activity.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Like most small business owners, I had to decide if I should compromise morale-boosting activities in order to prevent a dent in revenue. Exercise not only benefits your body physically but mentally as well, improving memory and overall brain function. Because, like your home, it’s the epicenter of activity.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Saving staffers from mind-numbing repetitive tasks and opening time to innovate are some of the best reasons to prioritize understanding AI. ANNs are inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. It may be some time before association professionals include all these platforms in business activities.

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OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This doesn’t mean that you should talk down to your donors or that they’re unintelligent: it just means that they’re probably using their brain power for other things and quickly skimming emails and mailers. Through donating to a nonprofit, your supporters get to connect with other like-minded people all striving towards a shared cause.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

Here are some other AI stories of note from the past few days: My AI goes rogue: Snapchat’s My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot launched earlier this year with its fair share of controversy , briefly appeared to have a mind of its own. Elsewhere, we have some interesting cross-pollination between brain science and AI.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Like the brain, they’re made up of “neurons,” which observe some specific pattern in text to influence what the overall model “says” next. First, the tool runs text sequences through the model being evaluated and waits for cases where a particular neuron “activates” frequently.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Author: One of my favorite science/interests stories in the news recently was a report published in late July by Science Magazine about how researchers have found that the brain of speakers and listeners become synchronized as they talk. The study called this "neural coupling" and claimed that the process is key to effective communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Within the modules, I break it down in 15 minute blocks.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

Donor behavior continues to evolve just as we’ve seen in previous waves of activism and solidarity, such as Live Aid , the 2004 Tsunami , and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. Become the Answer to Negative Emotions.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Make time for movement and mindfulness. Yet, both movement and mindfulness are two of the most important building blocks of a well-balanced mind and body. A month ago, I literally stuck a post it on my wall that read: “Are you thirsty?” in an effort to remember to drink water.). Exercise and meditation aremy game changers.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2014

It’s much easier to be mindful and focused when you’re on a yoga mat than when you’re behind your desk with a daunting to-do list, overflowing inbox, and a day full of meetings. Mindful Interrupters : Sign up for these handy reminders and you’ll get an email no more than one to two times a week with a helpful mindfulness suggestion.

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