When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful human oversight and review to detect reasoning or factual flaws in responses. On the other side are those who routinely outsource their critical thinking to what they see as an all-knowing machine.

Recent research goes a long way to forming a new psychological framework for that second group, which regularly engages in “cognitive surrender” to AI’s seemingly authoritative answers.

A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for researchers of Roman history. Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the stone piece was believed to be some kind of board game – but obviously no rulebook was dug up to…

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“Questions are answered as you move, not before you move. Moving forward with an answer that is partially correct will usually fill in the gaps faster than waiting until you come up with a plan that is perfectly correct.”

Brain training reached a turning point in 2025, after years of growing evidence snowballed into an avalanche of scientific proof. A surge of new research about BrainHQ helped erode long-standing skepticism, with a record-breaking 70 peer-reviewed publications in science and medical journals in 2025.

Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and back­ward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight. The extent of these changes was greater for those who spent longer in space. As NASA plans longer space mis­sions, and space trav­el…

Every day we har­ness our visu­ospa­tial skills for mul­ti­ple pur­pos­es, from solv­ing a jig­saw puz­zle to nav­i­gat­ing direc­tions in a new city or read­ing maps in our own city — even for rear­rang­ing furniture. There’s an impor­tant visu­ospa­tial skill, called men­tal rota­tion, that has to do with mov­ing spa­tial infor­ma­tion around in our head. A cou­ple…

AI has passed a new benchmark, scoring better than the average human on a recognized creativity test involving 100,000 people. But there's more to the story than the results, underpinning how difficult it is to put "creativity" in a measurable box.

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Neuroscience suggests that mastering the skill of metacognition will upgrade your brain and help you achieve your goals.

Sorry, education reformers, it’s still memorization and repetition we need.

“Cog­ni­tive sur­ren­der” leads AI users to aban­don log­i­cal think­ing, research finds (ars technica): When it comes to large lan­guage mod­el-pow­ered tools, there are gen­er­al­ly two broad cat­e­gories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a pow­er­ful but some­times faulty ser­vice that needs care­ful human over­sight and review to detect rea­son­ing or…

Losing our capacity for deep reading means losing some of our capacity for deep thought.

Can brain training “rewire” the brain to prevent dementia? What about repair the brain following an injury? Or turn back the clock on brain aging?

A 20-year study published in February of 2026 has shown that one specific type of cognitive training can significantly reduce Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia diagnoses years later.

Last month, The Atlantic published an article with an alarming headline: ​“The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films.”​ The author of the ... Read more

I’m not sure how long it will take you to read this article. Maybe a few minutes. Maybe you take a little longer and give it a close read. Either way, I’m confident however long you take to read this will not come close to the amount of time it took me to write it. And that’s a good thing. That is…

For years, the nar­ra­tive sur­round­ing teenagers’ use of dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy has been one of alarm. Time spent scrolling through Tik­Tok or play­ing video games is wide­ly seen to be dri­ving the cur­rent cri­sis in youth men­tal health, fuelling ris­ing rates of anx­i­ety and depression. But our recent study sug­gests that this sim­ple sto­ry of cause and effect is not…

There are many tools that offer to help us focus – but very few are designed to do this in just a minute. BrainBlink is built just for this, with 60-second games on a pocket-sized device featuring real buttons and a link to players across the globe.

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