Exploring the Impact of Preferences on Learning and Inference-making

Today, you’ll learn about how we learn the same information differently from people we like than from those we don’t like, a drug men already take that could have incredible added benefits, and a weed that could feed a hungry world.  

Learning From Friends  

• “The brain is ‘programmed’ for learning from people we like.” Lund University. 2024.  
• “Ingroup sources enhance associative inference.” by Marius Boeltzig. 2023.  

Hair & Heart  

• “Common hair loss and prostate drug may also cut heart disease risk in men and mice.” by Lauren Quinn. 2024.  
• “Finasteride delays atherosclerosis progression in mice and is associated with a reduction in plasma cholesterol in men.” by Patrick McQueen, et al. 2024.  

Feeding Weeds 

• “Common plant could help reduce food insecurity, researchers find.” by Jeff Mulhollem. 2024.  
• “Food Resilience in the Face of Catastrophic Global Events.” Penn State University. N.d.  
• “What You Need to Know About Food Security and Climate Change.” Worldbank. 2022.  
• “Valorizing staple Native American food plants as a food resilience resource.” by Daniel J. Winstead, et al. 2023.  

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