The document discusses research on how social networking sites may impact brain structure and function. It describes how MRI can be used to measure plasticity in local brain structures and global connectivity patterns. Specifically, the talk outlines an experiment using fMRI to examine if extensive Facebook use alters people's theory of mind abilities as measured by social cognitive tasks. The study aims to provide insights into how digital technologies may be reshaping social cognition.
Neuroscience: Myths, Metaphors and MarketingJames Lawley
Presentation given to the Annual NLPtCA Conference 2012: We may be called 'neuro'-linguistic psychotherapists, but how much does neurological research influence how we work with a client? How much has science discovered about our neurology that is applicable to working psychologically? Do we know when we are committing logical level errors by reading too much into the research? And can we distinguish psychological-map from neural-territory? I will explore how much is myth, metaphor and marketing – and how much it matters.
Valentin Heun (PTC): One Reality - A 3rd generation AR User InterfaceAugmentedWorldExpo
A talk from the Creator Track at AWE USA 2019 - the World's #1 XR Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, California May 29-31, 2019.
Valentin Heun (PTC): One Reality - A 3rd generation AR User Interface
Many of our technological innovations seem to expand the computational abilities without the human in the loop. Augmented Reality is one of the view technologies that promises technological advances that enable us humans a better connection with the ubiquitous technology around us. We are not there yet to make use of such a user interface. We currently have individual islands of interactivity via AR. This conference may have many spatial demos as well, however, a single ubiquitous layer that penetrates all screens, surfaces, machines, and environments are not available. This is what the PTC Reality Lab researches. The core of this research is the ability to use AR in a scalable distributed platform to bridge among technological domains to allow the weaving of multiple technologies into one user experience. The resulting user experience is called One Reality. The goal for One Reality is to provide one seamless, ubiquitous flow of user experience for all technologies that touch the user’s decision making. This talk will iterate on the different stages of Augmented Reality User Interfaces and identifies One Reality as the 3rd stage in the evolution of AR user interfaces. This visionary talk aims to inspire the audience to think beyond the known applications for Augmented Reality.
https://awexr.com
Neuroscience: Myths, Metaphors and MarketingJames Lawley
Presentation given to the Annual NLPtCA Conference 2012: We may be called 'neuro'-linguistic psychotherapists, but how much does neurological research influence how we work with a client? How much has science discovered about our neurology that is applicable to working psychologically? Do we know when we are committing logical level errors by reading too much into the research? And can we distinguish psychological-map from neural-territory? I will explore how much is myth, metaphor and marketing – and how much it matters.
Valentin Heun (PTC): One Reality - A 3rd generation AR User InterfaceAugmentedWorldExpo
A talk from the Creator Track at AWE USA 2019 - the World's #1 XR Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, California May 29-31, 2019.
Valentin Heun (PTC): One Reality - A 3rd generation AR User Interface
Many of our technological innovations seem to expand the computational abilities without the human in the loop. Augmented Reality is one of the view technologies that promises technological advances that enable us humans a better connection with the ubiquitous technology around us. We are not there yet to make use of such a user interface. We currently have individual islands of interactivity via AR. This conference may have many spatial demos as well, however, a single ubiquitous layer that penetrates all screens, surfaces, machines, and environments are not available. This is what the PTC Reality Lab researches. The core of this research is the ability to use AR in a scalable distributed platform to bridge among technological domains to allow the weaving of multiple technologies into one user experience. The resulting user experience is called One Reality. The goal for One Reality is to provide one seamless, ubiquitous flow of user experience for all technologies that touch the user’s decision making. This talk will iterate on the different stages of Augmented Reality User Interfaces and identifies One Reality as the 3rd stage in the evolution of AR user interfaces. This visionary talk aims to inspire the audience to think beyond the known applications for Augmented Reality.
https://awexr.com
Micah Allen: Zombies or Cyborgs: Is Facebook eating your brain?Seismonaut
Micah Allen er hjerneforsker og PhD studerende på Århus Universitet. Her fortæller han om sociale mediers indflydelse på hjernen til Headstart Morgenseminar d. 17. marts 2010.
Studies, research papers, & other interesting tid bitsBrian Russell
Over the past 2 years I've done a considerable amount of research in the realms of behavioral, cognitive, and social, psychology, as well as product psychology and the psychology of music, and cognitive neuroscience. Many of the studies and research papers I've aggregated have profound business and consumer implications.
Does the Internet Make You DumberThe cognitive effects are measurab.docxjacksnathalie
Does the Internet Make You Dumber?The cognitive effects are measurable: We're turning into shallow thinkers, says Nicholas Carr.
By NICHOLAS CARR- the wall street journal
Updated June 5, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET
The Roman philosopher Seneca may have put it best 2,000 years ago: "To be everywhere is to be nowhere." Today, the Internet grants us easy access to unprecedented amounts of information. But a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that the Net, with its constant distractions and interruptions, is also turning us into scattered and superficial thinkers. (1)
The picture emerging from the research is deeply troubling, at least to anyone who values the depth, rather than just the velocity, of human thought. People who read text studded with links, the studies show, comprehend less than those who read traditional linear text. People who watch busy multimedia presentations remember less than those who take in information in a more sedate and focused manner. People who are continually distracted by emails, alerts and other messages understand less than those who are able to concentrate. And people who juggle many tasks are less creative and less productive than those who do one thing at a time. (2)
The common thread in these disabilities is the division of attention. The richness of our thoughts, our memories and even our personalities hinges on our ability to focus the mind and sustain concentration. Only when we pay deep attention to a new piece of information are we able to associate it "meaningfully and systematically with knowledge already well established in memory," writes the Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel. Such associations are essential to mastering complex concepts. (3)
When we're constantly distracted and interrupted, as we tend to be online, our brains are unable to forge the strong and expansive neural connections that give depth and distinctiveness to our thinking. We become mere signal-processing units, quickly shepherding disjointed bits of information into and then out of short-term memory. (4)
In an article published in Science last year, Patricia Greenfield, a leading developmental psychologist, reviewed dozens of studies on how different media technologies influence our cognitive abilities. Some of the studies indicated that certain computer tasks, like playing video games, can enhance "visual literacy skills," increasing the speed at which people can shift their focus among icons and other images on screens. Other studies, however, found that such rapid shifts in focus, even if performed adeptly, result in less rigorous and "more automatic" thinking. (5)
In one experiment conducted at Cornell University, for example, half a class of students was allowed to use Internet-connected laptops during a lecture, while the other had to keep their computers shut. Those who browsed the Web performed much worse on a subsequent test of how well they retained the lecture's content. While it's hardly surprising th ...
Summary of the Persuasive Technology 2009 conference, presented at the Mini-UPA (Boston UPA chapter) conference on May 26, 2009 by Carolyn Snyder, PT 09 attendee.
Talk given at the Neurons London Meetup in April 2018. I discuss where AI is now, what we know from biology and whether it is possible that abstract algorithms could lead to intelligence.
Micah Allen: Zombies or Cyborgs: Is Facebook eating your brain?Seismonaut
Micah Allen er hjerneforsker og PhD studerende på Århus Universitet. Her fortæller han om sociale mediers indflydelse på hjernen til Headstart Morgenseminar d. 17. marts 2010.
Studies, research papers, & other interesting tid bitsBrian Russell
Over the past 2 years I've done a considerable amount of research in the realms of behavioral, cognitive, and social, psychology, as well as product psychology and the psychology of music, and cognitive neuroscience. Many of the studies and research papers I've aggregated have profound business and consumer implications.
Does the Internet Make You DumberThe cognitive effects are measurab.docxjacksnathalie
Does the Internet Make You Dumber?The cognitive effects are measurable: We're turning into shallow thinkers, says Nicholas Carr.
By NICHOLAS CARR- the wall street journal
Updated June 5, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET
The Roman philosopher Seneca may have put it best 2,000 years ago: "To be everywhere is to be nowhere." Today, the Internet grants us easy access to unprecedented amounts of information. But a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that the Net, with its constant distractions and interruptions, is also turning us into scattered and superficial thinkers. (1)
The picture emerging from the research is deeply troubling, at least to anyone who values the depth, rather than just the velocity, of human thought. People who read text studded with links, the studies show, comprehend less than those who read traditional linear text. People who watch busy multimedia presentations remember less than those who take in information in a more sedate and focused manner. People who are continually distracted by emails, alerts and other messages understand less than those who are able to concentrate. And people who juggle many tasks are less creative and less productive than those who do one thing at a time. (2)
The common thread in these disabilities is the division of attention. The richness of our thoughts, our memories and even our personalities hinges on our ability to focus the mind and sustain concentration. Only when we pay deep attention to a new piece of information are we able to associate it "meaningfully and systematically with knowledge already well established in memory," writes the Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel. Such associations are essential to mastering complex concepts. (3)
When we're constantly distracted and interrupted, as we tend to be online, our brains are unable to forge the strong and expansive neural connections that give depth and distinctiveness to our thinking. We become mere signal-processing units, quickly shepherding disjointed bits of information into and then out of short-term memory. (4)
In an article published in Science last year, Patricia Greenfield, a leading developmental psychologist, reviewed dozens of studies on how different media technologies influence our cognitive abilities. Some of the studies indicated that certain computer tasks, like playing video games, can enhance "visual literacy skills," increasing the speed at which people can shift their focus among icons and other images on screens. Other studies, however, found that such rapid shifts in focus, even if performed adeptly, result in less rigorous and "more automatic" thinking. (5)
In one experiment conducted at Cornell University, for example, half a class of students was allowed to use Internet-connected laptops during a lecture, while the other had to keep their computers shut. Those who browsed the Web performed much worse on a subsequent test of how well they retained the lecture's content. While it's hardly surprising th ...
Summary of the Persuasive Technology 2009 conference, presented at the Mini-UPA (Boston UPA chapter) conference on May 26, 2009 by Carolyn Snyder, PT 09 attendee.
Talk given at the Neurons London Meetup in April 2018. I discuss where AI is now, what we know from biology and whether it is possible that abstract algorithms could lead to intelligence.
Why code robots, avatars and software agents with compassion? In one word: Neuroplasticity. Repeated exposure to objects, relations,emotions changes who we are. Recent Discoveries in Neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, Psychoneuroimmunology, etc. show biological benefits from compassion - witnessing it, giving it or receiving. Designing technologies without considering how they change us, without designing to display or encourage compassionate we are in some sense encouraging our psychopathic tendencies through our daily interactions. Slides contain some disturbing graphics.
see paper: Engineering Kindness 2015; email contact cindymason@media.mit.edu
Security Is Like An Onion, That's Why It Makes You CryMichele Chubirka
Why is the security industry so full of fail? We spend millions of dollars on firewalls, IPS, IDS, DLP, professional penetration tests and assessments, vulnerability and compliance tools and at the end of the day, the weakest link is the user and his or her inability to make the right choices. It's enough to make a security engineer cry. The one thing you can depend upon in an enterprise is that many of our users, even with training, will still make the wrong choices. They still click on links they shouldn't, respond to phishing scams, open documents without thinking, post too much information on Twitter and Facebook, use their pet's name as passwords, etc'. But what if this isn't because users hate us or are too stupid? What if all our complaints about not being heard and our instructions regarding the best security practices have more to do with our failure to understand modern neuroscience and the human mind's resistance to change?
Ch4 Social interaction in a paper vs. computer- based activity begonapino.comBegoña Pino
Social interaction in a paper vs. computer- based activity - Research study - Pino, B. (2006) "Computers as an environment for facilitating social interaction in children with autistic spectrum disorders". PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, UK
The goal is to create a learning environment according to how the brain learns and is written Influencers of influencers, people like Teachers.
This booklet should prove useful to teachers of all kinds, be their learning environment the classroom, Sunday School, church, the workplace (Human Resource developers), educational institutions (staff developers in charge of training teachers), or the home. Parents should find this booklet beneficial as well, because parents are, after all, their child’s first teachers.
The format is designed to be brain-friendly as well. Section One contains a concise, catchy phrasing of the brain rule. On that same page, directly underneath, a brief description is given of the rule itself. Section Two contains a synopsis of the related brain research to add weight and veracity to the rule itself. On that second page, the answer to the question of “So what?” is provided in the form of a teaching tips. Brief and to the point, ideas are provided for instant application to any and all setting where one person is seeking to influence others (teachers!). Section Three contains what Sousa (2006) calls the Practitioner’s Corner. Here is where the rubber meets the road and invariably at this point, the reader must decide to take the next step, if indeed he or she plans on “obeying” this rule. A self-assessment questions begins the process to help the reader discern where he is on the map, then an exercise is provided to help him progress and plan changes and finally, some mechanism of accountability is suggested. The title of the booklet and a number of the rules themselves come directly from a book by the same name, written by John Medina, 2008, Seattle, WA: Pear Press.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
10. STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY IN DEVELOPMENT Gogtay et al. Dynamic mapping of human cortical development during childhood through early adulthood. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2004) vol. 101 (21) pp. 8174-9
20. BRAAAAIIINNSSS….. “ A study by the Broadcaster Audience Research Board found teenagers now spend seven-and-a-half hours a day in front of a screen. Educational psychologist Jane Healy believes children should be kept away from computer games until they are seven. Most games only trigger the 'flight or fight' region of the brain, rather than the vital areas responsible for reasoning. Sue Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood, said: 'We are seeing children's brain development damaged because they don't engage in the activity they have engaged in for millennia.” -Daily Mail
40. THANK YOU! Thanks to: Andreas Roepstorff, Antoine Lutz, Peter Vestergaard Interacting Minds and the Danish Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience Yishay Mor and the LKL Contact: [email_address] Twitter: @neuroconscience URL: neuroconscience.com Slides available at:
Editor's Notes
Note: Task-related FC and intrinsic FC have been implicated in social cognition, memory, narrative, and other tasks.