A new study identifies how LLMs develop social reasoning capabilities and form theory of mind (ToM), an important discovery that may lead to more energy-efficient AI in the future.

Our everyday interactions are built upon the ability to accurately anticipate the thoughts, emotions, and actions of each ...

Here at the end of the Fall-2015 semester, I have been reflecting on my students one-new-thought papers. To set-up those papers, I ask students to describe the one-new-thought about interpersonal ...

The concept of theory of mind (ToM) encompasses the ability to understand and attribute mental states—including beliefs, intentions and emotions—to oneself and others. In the context of aging, ...

In a new paper with implications for preventing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, Keith Hengen, an associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St.

A RECENT GROUNDBREAKING EXPERIMENT in which anesthesia was administered to rats has convinced scientists that tiny structures in the rodents’ brains are responsible for the experience of consciousness ...