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New study on learning provides insights into adaptive behaviors.

New AI safety analysis method could bolster safety in robots and autonomous vehicles, scientists reveal.

Researchers search for the neural mechanisms behind optimism, as part of the Moonshot Goal 9 protect, a large-scale national research project

The unpredictability of everyday life can inform our expectations of the future, says Professor Jun Tani, who is revealing the underlying neural networks of predictions by exploring robotic minds.

Hiroki Sawada, an OIST PhD student, has received a 1-million-yen scholarship for his proposed research on AI for space rovers.

Researchers fine-tune algorithms to improve brain mapping by MRI

Researchers develop computer model of prediction and recognition

OIST scientists have used brain imaging to identify three sub-types of depression—including one that is unresponsive to commonly prescribed serotonin boosting drugs.

International Neural Network Society presents OIST computational neuroscientist with a life contribution award

Serotonin keeps mice hanging on if they are sure of getting rewards, but not sure when.

Researchers at OIST have successfully isolated and recorded the activity of a subset of neurons in the striatum in the brain, shedding light on one mechanism underlying learning and decision making in animals.