Thinking Clearly and Analytically

Consistency is always the focus of exercise plans, which can lead people to giving up altogether if they miss a few workouts. But a new study has found that even after a 10-week break from strength training, it took people very little time to get back to where they left off. It's revealed fascinating new insights into the mechanism of muscle memory.

Our memories and thoughts stem from complex patterns of electrical and chemical activity in the brain. Central to this activity are synapses, the junctions where branches of neurons connect, similar to electrical wires. Here, an axon from one neuron links to a dendrite of another. At these synapses, neurotransmitters carry signals across the gap

Now experts from the Italian Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore have proposed a new kind of thinking: System 0, which they say could dramatically change how we think. It relies on the capabilities of AI and so is external to the brain, but relates to it, they suggest.

Buckle up, thought leaders! Today, we’re diving deep into a crucial piece of the puzzle: the epic dance between content and context. Sure, crafting killer content is essential, but let’s not sleep on the power of context.

Whether you’re left, right or ambidex­trous, “hand­ed­ness” is part of our iden­ti­ty. But a lot of peo­ple don’t realise that we have oth­er bias­es too and they are not unique to humans. My col­leagues and I have pub­lished a new study that shows align­ing our bias­es in the same way as oth­er peo­ple may have…

Speaking a language with different words for different color shades allows the brain to perceive those shades quicker than using a language with only one word for that color, according to new research. The findings highlight the important interaction between language and perception.

Discover how the Social Cognitive Theory by Albert Bandura can significantly transform leadership and organizational development within a business context.

The tech skills gap has troubled employers for years, a problem that the emergence of AI has only worsened.

2024 Sur­vey of Brain Health Trends and Beliefs Among Experts and Ear­ly Adopters, con­duct­ed by the think tank SharpBrains. 85% of respon­dents favor incor­po­rat­ing brain health into reg­u­lar com­pa­ny health, train­ing and L&D activ­i­ties. 95% con­sid­er essen­tial man­ag­ing stress­ful sit­u­a­tions at work. 87% has expe­ri­enced brain and men­tal ben­e­fits of phys­i­cal exer­cise, 65% of improved nutri­tion,…

Florida scientists use AI and virtual reality to create 3D renderings of brain formations of mice, whose neuron types are like humans’

Combining virtual reality and non-invasive deep-brain electrical stimulation, researchers have improved healthy individuals’ spatial memory – the kind that helps you remember where you left the car keys. The approach has great potential for treating cognitive decline due to disease or injury…

Despite what you might have heard, there’s a lot more to learn past retirement age. Don’t fall for these myths on aging and brain health.

How does the brain adapt to different levels of mental challenge? A new neuroimaging study reveals that when we engage in more complex cognitive tasks, our brain activity becomes not only richer in detail but also more streamlined. The findings suggest that the brain adjusts its patterns of activity to match the demands of the task, allowing fo

Time is relative, and not only in an astrophysical sense – we’re all familiar with that feeling that time drags when we’re bored and flies when we’re busy. New analysis of brain activity patterns shows how our brains track time, and some intriguing insights into how cells handle it.

A new study out of USC compared comedy writing by humans to comedy writing generated by ChatGPT, and found that “ChatGPT can produce written humor at a quality that exceeds laypeople’s abilities and equals some professional comedy writers.” But their experiments didn’t fully convince me that your next favorite joke will be generated by a program.

Work­place learn­ing could be a boon for well­ness, research shows (HR DIVE): Learn­ing and devel­op­ment in the work­place could be a boon for well­ness, new research sug­gests. Doing cog­ni­tive­ly demand­ing work can delay the onset of brain decline and even demen­tia at an old­er age, accord­ing to the study pub­lished April 17 in the jour­nal Neurology.…