#cognitive-science

#cognitive-science

The very tools designed to make our lives smarter are quietly eroding our own intelligence, raising fundamental questions about being human in this era.

"Physicians have told us, brain researchers have told us, that exercise is key to health, that nutrition is key to health. But we're forgetting the third, just as important, variable, and that is sleep."

In our new study, we found that the size of the virtual environment significantly influences time perception; larger VR environments compress time more than smaller ones.

Synthetic intimacy feels safe because it mirrors us, not because it truly sees us.

Researchers from the Brain Health Initiative at Massachusetts General Hospital note that, "participating in mentally challenging activities that encourage creative thinking promotes neuroplasticity and fosters the process of neurogenesis—the birth of new neurons in the brain."

"The capacity to represent an unseen object and learn its name might be a building block for communication about more sophisticated abstract concepts."

At best, less than a third of all that carefully prepared content you deliver will stick. That’s right: two-thirds of your brilliance vanishes into the ether within hours.

Ronan has shown sustained rhythmic ability across years, challenging the belief that only vocal learners like humans and parrots can keep a beat.

Causal understanding is a cognitive capacity that enables you to think about how things affect and influence each other, underpinning thoughts like why, how, because, and what if.