When AI explains a concept or rewrites an argument for a student, it removes the friction that helps the brain build strong ...

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As a neuroscientist, I’m encouraged that this could be a window into how your brain generates consciousness through your ...

R emember when AI was going to take away our jobs and leave humans with nothing to do? So far, that doesn’t seem to be ...

Specific cognitive skills like reading, math, and processing speed are strongly influenced by genetics, even when separated ...

AI could transform work for more than a quarter of workers in advanced economies, with effects that may surpass past shifts ...

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Relying on AI for decision-making could lead to "cognitive surrender," a weakening of critical thinking that makes people ...

We often feel that we are "on the same wavelength" with one another, but can science identify and engineer this phenomenon?

In Barrie's Peter Pan, Wendy sewed Peter's mischievous shadow back on his feet. Wendy saw what was incomplete and chose to ...