YHK - yet another hacker news clone

Neural chip decodes interactions between brain regions

56 points giuliomagnifico 3 hours ago 8 comments

hoppp 2 hours ago | parent

"identifying cognitive and emotional states"

I have been looking for sources that can list human cognitive states. It's visible when people switch from one state to another, like going from creative focused thinking to conforming group think

I can identify quite a few from the outside when talking to people, but I would love to have a list so I can connect my observations with technical terms.

asgraham 1 hour ago | parent

I would be shocked if there’s an agreed upon list, certainly not one supported by neuro recordings. You’re probably well-served by coming up with a good set by your own informal observation.

measurablefunc 1 hour ago | parent

You should record yourself & then label the videos based on what state you were in so that you can then verify it w/ an AI if you guessed correctly or not.

rhodey 1 hour ago | parent

"Robert Plutchik" "Wheel of emotions"

Joy, Trust, Fear, Surprise, Sadness, Disgust, Anger, Anticipation.

A start.

hoppp 59 minutes ago | parent

Those are emotions . An example of cognitive state switching as observed on others:

I went to a harbor master to pay for my berth.

1. First state is social, we had a quick chat.

2. Then he went to enter my details into a computer, which is a more focused task oriented state.

3. Then we had a chat again, a more social state.

So there were 2 cognitive states switching, a social, a task oriented and then another social one.

HPsquared 1 hour ago | parent

This is going to be something in the cookie banners at some point.

layer8 38 minutes ago | parent

The end game is described in this short story: https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science-fiction/1995-egan.pdf

worldsavior 7 minutes ago | parent

> increasingly exploring its potential for severe psychiatric illnesses including major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

I feel like many mental disorders would be fixed by just doing sports. I know some can't do sports, but most people can, and all of these solutions are actually bandaids because of living in the current world environment (where you scroll through social media, etc.)