A new study reveals that cognitive ability, not just hearing, plays a key role in how well people process speech in noisy environments.

You're in a bustling café with a friend. The din is making it hard to tune in to the conversation. The scenario might suggest ...

The world’s shortest IQ test, the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT), uses three questions to tell if you’re smart enough to go toe-to-toe with bona fide geniuses. It seems easy at first, but it requires ...

Brain teasers are excellent puzzle games for providing the brain with an effective mental workout. Math puzzles are a type of ...

A brain teaser is a short, playful puzzle designed to challenge your mind and elicit a smile. It could be a riddle, a tricky question, a visual illusion, or a logic twist that nudges you to think ...

Life goes on for residents of Conception Bay North in the aftermath of the Kingston wildfire, as students return to school and clean up is underway. The wildfire started in early August and forced ...

While most kids his age are still trying to master tying their own shoes, 4-year-old Zorien Royce is tackling the art of three-digit multiplication. Zorien was just recently accepted into Mensa and ...

WASHINGTON, DC: A years-old claim about President Donald Trump's IQ has resurfaced online. According to it, the Republican leader reportedly scored 73 on an IQ test during his first year at New York ...

Abstract: Regional distribution networks (RDNs) frequently encounter challenges related to peak load demands, such as increased system operational costs, grid instability, transmission and ...

A brain teaser is a short, playful puzzle designed to make your mind stretch and smile. It could be a riddle, a tricky question, a visual illusion, or a logic twist that nudges you to think beyond the ...

Abstract: We focus on state estimation in linear systems characterized by Gaussian process noise and heavy-tailed measurement noise. In the state space model, we assume that process noise obeys a ...

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