Cognitive dissonance, a term coined by psychologist Leon Festinger, is a state of mental discomfort that arises from holding two conflicting beliefs, values or attitudes. As an investment bias ...

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Again the cognitive dissonance as I thought of Roman amphitheatres ... It’s the picture that belies a thousand words of propaganda and recycled anti-Jewish blood libels. Doron in this moment ...

But a new study published Dec. 20, 2024 in the BMJ raises concerns that AI technologies like large language models (LLMs) and chatbots, like people, show signs of deteriorated cognitive abilities ...

It got this name because the presumption was that cognitive impairment after bypass surgery was related to the use of the cardiopulmonary bypass pump during the procedure. For a long time, talk about ...