• Simple Way to Stay Mentally Sharp During Chemotherapy

    Source: Science Daily - Top Health"Chemo brain" affects up to 80% of people receiving chemotherapy, making everyday tasks harder. In a new trial, cancer patients who followed a home-based exercise program showed better attention and fewer noticeable cognitive problems than those who received a placebo. Low-dose ibuprofen also improved some cognitive measures, though its effects were less consistent. The results appear in a recent issue of the journal Cancer.
  • Classic Brain Test Exposed Major Artificial Intelligence Weakness

    Source: Science Daily - Top HealthResearchers gave top AI models a classic attention test used in psychology and found a major flaw. The test was a Stroop task that presents color words such as "red" and "blue" in colors that sometimes match the word and sometimes differ (e.g., the word "red" printed in blue ink). AI models correctly named the ink color when given short word lists but struggled as the task grew longer, in some cases falling from over 90% accuracy to nearly...

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