There's a line of thought that equates intelligence with “pattern recognition.” How do you stack up on this unique cognitive ...

Scientists have labored for decades to understand how brain structure and functional connectivity drive intelligence. A new analysis offers the clearest picture yet of how various brain regions and ...

It’s one of the great paradoxes of evolution. Humans have demonstrated that having large brains are key to our evolutionary success, and yet such brains are extremely rare in other animals. Most get ...

Post 4 in a series on AI and the Evolution of Cognition. In the first three entries of this series—Thinking About Thinking, In the Post-Cognitive World, and The Three Stages of Cognitive Collapse—I’ve ...

The concept of theory of mind (ToM) encompasses the ability to understand and attribute mental states—including beliefs, intentions and emotions—to oneself and others. In the context of aging, ...

Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology & Director of the Duckworth Collection, University of Cambridge It’s one of the great paradoxes of evolution. Humans have demonstrated that having large brains ...

A longitudinal study in the Netherlands found that infants who displayed greater curiosity at 8 months of age tended to have ...

The rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping numerous aspects of our lives, from automating mundane tasks to driving innovation across industries. However, one pertinent question arises: Is AI ...

People increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) for medical diagnoses because of how quickly and efficiently these tools can spot anomalies and warning signs in medical histories, X-rays and ...

Drinking more than three cups of coffee a day is linked to more rapid cognitive decline over time, results from a large study suggest. Investigators examined the impact of different amounts of coffee ...

"I'm going to do some banking today," said no one in recent memory. Banking as we have known it has quietly vanished from our conscious daily activities, yet its influence on our everyday life ...