As an attention researcher, I study all the different processes our brains use to focus and maintain attention. Attention isn’t a single mechanism, but rather the result of a number of different mechanisms across various areas of the brain.
Patient advocacy groups and medical associations use polls to gauge the public’s interest or knowledge about an issue. Yet when headlines scream “Most Canadians agree ‘Canada is broken’,” it makes one wonder: Is polling broken?
While doctors have a set protocol to identify patients at risk of opioid addiction, Dr. Dean Eurich said machine learning “could do a better job” of pinning down who is most susceptible.