But a landmark new study turns that dogma on its head, offering the clearest evidence yet that adult humans continue to form ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory center, the hippocampus, ...

Centaur, an AI model trained on 10 million decisions, learns to simulate human thinking, even in unfamiliar situations.

To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions ...

In the lab, researchers test this by giving animals randomly paired images, one pair at a time, and rewarding them with food for picking the correct one. For example, animals lear ...

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

A better understanding of how the human brain represents objects that exist in nature, such as rocks, plants, animals, and so ...

A midbrain structure responsible for eye movement has been discovered that also plays a key role in cognitive perception and ...

Whether you are solving a puzzle, navigating a shopping center or writing an email, how well you do will not only depend on ...

While human children have a much broader range of cognitive abilities that develop over approximately 25 years, crows reach their cognitive peak much faster. By one year of age, New Caledonian crows ...

This “cognitive migration” will define the future of work, education and culture, and those who recognize and prepare for it will shape the next chapter of human history.