Why do antidepressants dull even the most positive emotions?

For nearly half of patients, common antidepressants cause feelings of emotional dullness. Researchers explain this by showing that these serotonin reuptake drugs affect reinforcement learning, a behavioral process that allows us to learn from our environment. To treat major depressive disorder, anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder, drugs that target the transmission of serotonin – a … Read more

Why do antidepressants dull even the most positive emotions?

For nearly half of patients, common antidepressants cause feelings of emotional dullness. Researchers explain this by showing that these serotonin reuptake drugs affect reinforcement learning, a behavioral process that allows us to learn from our environment. To treat the disorder depressive major, anxiety or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, drugs that target the transmission of serotonin – … Read more

AI that learns behavior by watching videos

OpenAI created an AI bot that plays Minecraft by watching 70,000 hours of Minecraft game video. (Photo = OpenAI) OpenAI has created an artificial intelligence (AI) bot that watches 70,000 hours of Minecraft game videos and plays the game itself. It is a new technique that can be used to train machines to perform various … Read more