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| Jul 06, 2016
Two months ago a task force with journalists and scientists officially began to improve the content of the mathematical theory of the brain in the Portuguese Wikipedia. This is an initiative of "wiki scientific dissemination", developed in NeuroMat, one of FAPESP's Research, Innovation and Dissemination centers, hosted by the University of São Paulo (USP). Report by Célio Costa Filho, ARede Educa, 6/13/2016. (In Portuguese.)
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| Jun 14, 2016
The time that each of us takes to make a decision increases proportionally to the number of alternatives available to us. How so? This is actually just partially true, according to results from an experiment led by André Helene , professor of the Institute of Biosciences (IB) of USP and researcher at the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat). Report by Tabita Said, Jornal da USP, 6/6/2016. (In Portuguese.)
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| Jun 06, 2016
Wikipedia, the open-content, online encyclopedia produced by the collaborative efforts of a worldwide community, is one of the most frequently visited websites, yet some say that many of its entries lack a sound scientific basis. To improve the platform’s content in its particular knowledge area, the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (RDIC-NeuroMat), one of the RIDCs funded by FAPESP, has set up a task force of journalists and scientists to edit Wikipedia entries and to add new information. Report by Diego Freire, Agência FAPESP, 5/25/2016.
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| Jun 06, 2016
The Wikipedia has knowingly attracted a vast audience and henceforth has had a major impact on disseminating science. In order to improve the content of this electronic encyclopedia, the Wiki Education Foundation --a nonprofit organization which works on filling content gaps on Wikipedia-- launched in 2016 the "Year of Science" on the encyclopedia. This effort was exclusive to North America. Yet, the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (RIDC NeuroMat), at USP, launched its own "Year of Science" on Wikipedia. Report by Tabita Said, Jornal da USP, 5/30/2016. (In Portuguese.)
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| May 24, 2016
On May 15, the member of the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat) André Frazão Helene and colleagues published "On Sequence Learning Models: Open-loop Control Not Strictly Guided by Hick’s Law", on Scientific Reports, a journal of Nature's group. "The meaning is that the nervous system, relying on past experiences, generates predictions on what will happen in the future," the researcher explained. Report by Tabita Said, Jornal da USP, 5/23/2016. (In Portuguese).
