#ZoomInfo CEO blocks researcher after documenting pre-consent #biometric tracking | Hacker News
What I found: - Sardine.ai #behavioral #biometrics (mouse/typing patterns) firing before consent - #PerimeterX device #fingerprinting pre-consent - 118 unique #tracking domains on a single page load - Base64-encoded config showing "enableBiometrics: true" - Formal partnership with #Sardine (partnerId: "zoominfo")
#privacy #surveillance #security
(16 Nov) The evolution of rationality: How chimps process conflicting evidence
Chimps can take in new evidence, evaluate its strength, and change their minds.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/l0188
#behavioral-science #beliefs #biology #chimps #evolution #science
Guilt-Shaking Wallet Updated to Play "Baby Crying Sounds," Triggers Tears at Checkout and Fuels User Shame
An AI wallet that vibrates upon detecting overspending has added a feature that plays "baby crying sounds" according to guilt levels.
https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20251116-sensory-hair-wallet/
#AI-wallet #fintech #guilt #public-shame #update #behavioral-economics
🧠 New preprint by Codol et al. (2025): Brain-like #NeuralDynamics for #behavioral control develop through #ReinforcementLearning. They show that only #RL, not #SupervisedLearning, yields neural activity geometries & dynamics matching monkey #MotorCortex recordings. RL-trained #RNNs operate at the edge of #chaos, reproduce adaptive reorganization under #visuomotor rotation, and require realistic limb #biomechanics to achieve brain-like control.
Behavioral Targeting: Mengenal Konsumen Berdasarkan Kebiasaan Online
#Iklans - #Behavioral Targeting: #Mengenal Konsumen Berdasarkan #Kebiasaan Online - Dalam dunia #digital yang serba cepat dan terhubung seperti sekarang, setiap aktivitas pengguna internet menyisakan jejak data yang sangat berharga. Dari riwayat pencarian di mesin pencari hingga kebiasaan menonton video atau berbelanja online, semua perilaku tersebut membentuk gambaran yang unik tentang diri…
Watch Now: Navigating #Surveillance with @eff Members
Online surveillance is everywhere—and understanding how you’re being #tracked , and how to fight back, is more important than ever. That’s why EFF partnered with Women In #Security and #Privacy ( #WISP ) for our annual Global Members’ #Speakeasy , where we tackled online #behavioral tracking and the massive data broker industry that profits from your personal information.
#databrokers
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/watch-now-navigating-surveillance-eff-members
Behavioral Responses terhadap Tokenisasi & AI Trading
#Tradingan - #Behavioral Responses terhadap #Tokenisasi & #AI Trading - Perkembangan #teknologi finansial telah melahirkan dua #tren besar yang mengubah wajah investasi global: tokenisasi aset dan AI trading. Tokenisasi memungkinkan aset bernilai tinggi seperti properti, karya seni, hingga instrumen keuangan dipecah menjadi #token digital yang lebih mudah diakses dan diperdagangkan. Sementara itu, AI trading…
https://tradingan.com/behavioral-responses-terhadap-tokenisasi-ai-trading
🧠 New preprint by Ruff, Markman, Kim & Cohen (2025): #NeuralPopulation formatting matters for function. In monkeys combining motion and reward, both middle temporal area (#MT) & dorsolateral prefrontal #cortex (#dlPFC) encode both signals. But MT formats them separately, dlPFC integrates them. A recurrent #RNN model predicted, and microstimulation confirmed, distinct #behavioral impacts.
🌍 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.03.631242v1
Learn to integrate #behavioral #health skills into #spiritual care. ACPE’s Spiritual Care Specialist Training runs Sept 5–Jan 9, Friday afternoons via Zoom. Cost $600. Trainer: Aaron Pawelek, LICSW. #psychology #counseling #ACPE #spiritual #chaplain #church #pastor
More info at: http://dlvr.it/TMjy5G
ACPE’s Spiritual Care Specialist Training emphasizes the importance of integrating #behavioral health with #pastoral and #spiritual care.
Participants will learn to:
• Respond with compassion and competence to #mental health challenges.
• Apply #ethical frameworks to #caregiving.
• Develop #listening skills that promote #healing.
• Address issues such as #addiction, #trauma, #domestic-violence, and #grief.
The training runs Sept 5, 2025–Jan 9, 2026.
Classes meet Fridays, 1:00–4:00 pm EDT via Zoom.
Cost is $600.
More at http://bit.ly/460huV4
The #ACPE #Psychotherapy Commission is a community invested in the practice of integrating #spirituality into our work. This work may done by a volunteer helper, a #spiritual #healer, or a licensed mental health practitioner. We offer training.
Learn more at https://sip-com.wildapricot.org .
Blog at https://sip-com.wildapricot.org/news
#socialwork #psychology #mentalhealth #faith #healthcare #church #pastor #chaplain #pastoral #counseling #religion #spiritual
@spirituality @religion
My latest, full study on gaming disorder, wellness, and eating behaviour is now published in its final version. Free download from here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.102023
#gamingdisorder #wellness #psychology #research #eating #behavioral #addiction
Developing motor networks rely on brief windows of plasticity. This study identifies mitochondrial #ROS & HIF-1α as instructive signals that drive lasting #neural & #behavioral changes during these critical periods, linking #metabolism to circuit development @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4mHrWq4
Behavioral Bias Terapan dalam Dunia Investasi dan Trading
#Tradingan - #Behavioral Bias Terapan dalam Dunia #Investasi dan #Trading - Dalam dunia investasi dan trading, keputusan finansial sering kali tidak sepenuhnya rasional. Banyak keputusan yang diambil dipengaruhi oleh bias #psikologis yang terjadi secara tidak sadar. Tiga bias yang paling umum dan berpengaruh dalam keputusan keuangan adalah #Loss Aversion, #Anchoring, dan #Overtrading. Artikel ini membahas…
https://tradingan.com/behavioral-bias-terapan-dalam-dunia-investasi-dan-trading
📖 Vaidya et al. investigate how #hippocampal #CA1 #PlaceCells form expanding #memory representations over days. Using longitudinal in vivo recordings, they show that stable #PlaceFields progressively emerge as active cells increase their likelihood of remaining active across sessions. This gradual stabilization hinges on #behavioral‑timescale #SynapticPlasticity, offering a new model of how CA1 memories solidify w/o #CatastrophicOverwriting.
The growing body of research we have been conducting on #TheGrackleProject is showing that #behavioral #flexibility enables birds to #adapt to #human #modified #habitats 🌆 , but plays a smaller role in expanding into new #geographic areas 🗺️
Moving to new towns likely involves more #persistence because we previously found that grackles on the edge of their range in northern California had similar levels of average flexibility (though higher variance), but were more persistent than grackles nearer the center of their range in Arizona https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.320/
This is also supported by the fact that the preliminary data we were able to collect on persistence in boat-tailed grackles (who are not rapidly expanding their geographic range) showed that they are less persistent than great-tailed grackles, while having similar levels of flexibility
Articles: https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.573 and https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.582
Press release: https://www.mpg.de/25000634/0701-evan-when-the-city-comes-to-you-150495-x
#Behavioral #flexibility is not the primary facilitator of a rapid #range expansion. Although we found high levels of flexibility in 2 successful urban bird species (great-tailed & boat-tailed grackles), only one (great) is rapidly expanding its range. This suggests flexibility alone doesn't drive rapid range expansions
#TheGrackleProject went to Florida to study boat-tailed grackle flexibility and compare it with the great-tailed grackles. These species look and behave so similarly, if they were right next to each other, I couldn’t tell them apart (except greats have yellow irises and these boats had brown irises). They are parking lot birds through & through! 🅿️
But in the aviaries, it becomes obvious really quickly that the great-tailed grackles are much more persistent - they will try and try to solve something, whereas a boat-tailed grackle often just sits on their perch 🐥, looks at the apparatus & decides not to even try
https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.582
https://www.mpg.de/25000634/0701-evan-when-the-city-comes-to-you-150495-x
In the process of studying #behavioral #flexibility in great-tailed grackles on #TheGrackleProject, we discovered 🎉 a new measure of flexibility! The grackles that were more flexible in the reversal learning test also switched between eating different food types more often in the wild 🌮 🍿 🍪 🍒
This is such an exciting discovery because it is really difficult to bring birds into aviaries to measure their flexibility. Now we have the ability to measure their flexibility just by watching them in the wild!
This will make studying flexibility much more accessible to a wide range of researchers because, apart from needing to be able to tell the individuals apart, all that is needed is a pair of binoculars
Article: https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.573
Press release: https://www.mpg.de/25000634/0701-evan-when-the-city-comes-to-you-150495-x
Behavioral firewalls are quietly taking over as the digital sentinels of modern cybersecurity architecture. Unlike traditional firewalls that act like bouncers blocking known threats at the gate, behavioral firewalls operate more like surveillance analysts — tracking, interpreting, and...
[en] MIT study: Negative Neural and Behavioral Consequences of LLM-Assisted Essay Writing
"Over four months, #LLM users consistently underperformed at #neural, #linguistic, and #behavioral levels."
"These results raise concerns about the long-term #educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into #AI's role in learning."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
#artificialintelligence #llmassisted #humanintelligence #gpt #chatgpt #mit
#ResearchHighlights
Recently, we discussed this insightful paper by Squadrani et al (2024) in our #JournalClub. It explores how #astrocytes enhance #SynapticPlasticity during #ReversalLearning by modulating D-serine levels, providing a #biophysical basis for dynamic #LTP thresholds. The findings suggest astrocytic signaling is crucial for #AdaptiveLearning, linking #glial activity to #behavioral flexibility. Here’s a summary from our JC:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-06-29-astrocyte_enhance_plasticity/
📝 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06540-8
