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Research News

Structured exploration allows biological brains to learn faster than AI

Neuroscientists have uncovered how exploratory actions enable animals to learn their spatial environment more efficiently. Their findings could help build better AI agents that can learn faster and require less experience.

28 April 2023
Bird of prey swooping down on mouse escaping (Image credit: Julia Kuhl)
Q&A

Exploring the four realms of existence

In a recent SWC seminar, Professor Joseph LeDoux proposed a new framework for characterising our existence, made up of four different realms – biological, neurobiological, cognitive and conscious. In this Q&A, he explains how the four realms relate to each other and the implications for neuroscience and the higher-order theory of consciousness.

1 June 2023
Public Engagement

SWC scientists inspire ripples of curiosity at local school

Following our visits in 2019 and 2022, SWC volunteers went along to Greenford in West London earlier this month for another day filled with science and activities in celebration of the William Perkin CofE High School Founder’s Day.

31 May 2023
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Q&A

Multisensory learning: insights from fruit flies

How does the brain integrate sensory information from different modalities during learning and in what way does this relate to memory performance? In this Q&A, SWC Emerging Neuroscientist Seminar Series (ENSS) speaker Dr Zeynep Okray and her research colleague Dr Pedro Jacob, explain their research in fruit flies to tackle these big research questions.

23 May 2023
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The SWC Lecture: The wrong psychology? What Covid-19 taught us about behavioural science in society
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Professor Stephen Reicher
University of St Andrews
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SWC Hybrid Seminar: Sleep-dependent reactivations stabilize population dynamics during motor learning
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Dr Karunesh Ganguly
UCSF and the San Francisco VA Medical Center
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15
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SWC Hybrid Seminar: Thalamic Contributions to Short & Long Term Memory
By:
Dr Priya Rajasethupathy
Rockefeller University
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