The field of cognitive science is undergoing a profound transformation as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes embedded into daily life, acting not only as ...

Letting an AI assistant handle the hard parts of thinking feels efficient in the moment, but a growing body of cognitive science research suggests that convenience comes at a measurable cost. When ...

Three Greenfield School District middle schools are heading to the State Science and Engineering Fair after each claimed first place in separate categories at the county competition a historic first ...

Researchers propose that the key to identifying consciousness in animals and AI lies in understanding how their information processing systems work.

A new research study from the University of Southern California makes an alarming comparison: The homogenizing impacts of AI on language and thought pose “a modern danger akin to the linguistic ...

At the heart of today’s artificial-intelligence models are vast bodies of training data — text, videos and images created by real people and used to teach models how to recognize patterns and generate ...

A communication pathway between the brain and the gut may be integral to how well the brain holds on to memories.

Other, less enthusiastic teachers simply give up and choose to focus on the children who respond well to math classes. But primary school teachers could do well to read about the latest brain imaging ...

For years, it’s been widely believed that cognitive skills decline as early as our 30s. However, a study of aging challenges that idea. If you want a sharp brain in your 60s, cognitive decline isn’t ...

A new paper argues that humans are losing varied ways of thinking due to the use of chatbots, and that's concerning.

Scientists have developed a promising new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease by turning ordinary brain cells into powerful plaque-clearing machines. Instead of requiring frequent antibody ...

THC doesn’t just blur memories—it can create new ones that never happened. In a controlled experiment, cannabis users were much more likely to recall words that were never shown and struggled with ...