Improving memory and focus is essential for personal and professional growth. These books offer diverse techniques and insights into enhancing cognitive abilities. From ancient mnemonic systems to ...

To counter these psychological tactics, McGuire argued for a form of cognitive inoculation that would work much like a vaccine. Conceptually, one may trace information inoculation back to Aristotle’s ...

This paper would be of interest to researchers studying cognitive control and adaptive behavior, if the concerns raised in the reviews can be addressed satisfactorily. Understanding how task knowledge ...

This study addresses an important question and shows how social navigation in homing pigeons can be explained by simple averaging, without requiring any complex cognitive abilities. The evidence, ...

I’ve been studying the early history of electricity’s discovery as a map for our current discovery of artificial intelligence. The smartest people alive back then, including Isaac Newton, who may have ...

Learning is evolving in the digital age, with artificial intelligence (AI) emerging as a transformative force, believes Ben Gomes, Google’s Chief Technologist f ...

When studying topics that involve the analysis and interpretation of ideas and facts, like politics and history, AI chatbots may also incorporate ideological, racial, gender, and other types of bias ...

Boston University researchers found that ordinary moments can gain staying power if they’re connected to significant emotional events. Using studies with hundreds of participants, they showed that the ...

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the answer may be in a surprising twist of evolutionary fate: one of the brain’s ...

In a world where information—true and less true—comes at us quickly, our long-held beliefs can seem like a necessary life raft. But the invisible barriers we erect over time can keep us from richer ...