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, ...

Explore the theory of Artificial General Intelligence, its potential to match human intellect, and examples. Learn how AGI could transform autonomous learning and decision-making.

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 ...

People with higher reasoning skills appear to be better at forming internal maps of how different objects are related in space, according to a study published in Cell Reports. The research provides ...

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 ...

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 ...

As AI becomes more prevalent in education, work and social life, research is increasingly focused on understanding its nuanced effects on core cognitive functions such as memory, attention 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 ...

Thinking about other people's emotions vs. actually feeling them Reviewed by Rachel Goldman, PhD, FTOS We generally think of empathy as the capacity to imagine ourselves in another person's shoes.

"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 ...