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How Can AI and the Human Brain Work Together?
Wharton’s Elizabeth (Zab) Johnson and Michael Platt join Eric Bradlow, vice dean of Analytics at Wharton, to discuss how AI is being used in neuroscience to better understand the human brain. The conversation covers remarkable research developments in measuring brain activity, replicating speech and mobility, mental health, and more. This interview is part of a special 10-part series called “AI in Focus.”
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The Leader’s Brain: Updated and Expanded
Unlock Peak Performance in Work and Life with Neuroscience
Our brains are more like Swiss army knives than computers, and the component tools can be measured, selected, and sharpened with insights from neuroscience. Doing so beenfites all aspects of business and work and will improve health and wellbeing. Michael Platt has fully updated and expanded this edition of the Leader’s Brain to address today’s challenges. With an all-new chapter on AI and new case studies and research insights throughout, the book will be of renewed interest to existing and new readers.
Computer scientist, and Wharton Neuroscience affiliated faculty member, Konrad Kording and economist Ioana Marinescu have developed an interactive model that incorporates assumptions from both their fields to predict how AI will affect wages, jobs, and the overall economy.
See simulations from the manuscript “Intelligence Saturation” here
A new study by the Communication Neuroscience Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication, its director Emily Falk, and colleagues reveals that activity in brain regions associated with reward and social processing can predict the effectiveness of messages.
A new study from Wharton faculty, including Wharton afilliated faculty member Marius Guenzel, explores how AI can extract personality traits from facial images – and what that means for your career.
Imagine a company that not’s hiring just for today but for the future. How Wharton Neuroscience, Korn Ferry Institute and Lazul.ai are uncovering the science behind tomorrow’s leaders.
Why the Future of Ad Testing Might Live Inside Your Head
As an advisory board member of Glassview and cofounder of Cogwear, Michael Platt has created a partnership that uses EEG headsets to capture emotion in real-time, hinting at a future at a future where campaign testing starts with brain data, not surveys.
A new study, led by Vera Ludwig in collaboration with Blaire Berry and Jenny Wey (two MindCORE Summer Fellows), Lana Prieur and Scott Rennie (formerly members of the Platt Lab), and Michael Platt, proves that social connection is crucial for well-being and health and can be enhanced by dyadic meditations. They also created a Nano Tool!
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