Since the brain doesn’t perspire, ache, or give obvious signs of strain, we often assume it never really tires — or that its fatigue can be ignored to meet a deadline or finish a 2 AM call. My thoughts on mental fatigue in The Harvard Business Review:

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What is the relationship between blood pressure in old age and the risk of dementia? This thorough review suggests it is more complex than we might assume. “On the other hand, vascular aging per se promotes loss of arterial elasticity and diminished arterial compliance, which in turn can cause a reduced cerebral autoregulation. It means that the brain is more exposed to ischemic injuries when systemic BP decreases under a critical point for keeping perfusion”

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A big thank you to award-winning science writer @d_a_robson for citing Hyperefficient in this in brilliantly written piece.

Interesting findings in this preprint. “no evidence that education enhances cognitive reserve”

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RT @pyoudeyer: Yes

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RT @emollick: New randomized, controlled trial of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. 6 weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years…

RT @pmddomingos: Language models were invented in 1950 by Claude Shannon.

What if an “observer effect” were to drastically change the trajectory of our civilisation…