The AI era gives us a unique opportunity to reimagine the very act of thinking. As I demonstrate in my new book, Thinking Like A Human: The Power of Your Mind in the Age of AI, our cognitive powers ...

How do scientists come up with new ideas? Brain scans show that scientific creativity requires the brain’s imagination, control, and switching networks to actively communicate to generate and evaluate ...

"What if” thinking is a natural, adaptive cognitive process that supports learning and emotional resilience. We benefit more from accepting it than repressing it.

AI has all but overtaken the thinking universe. Training an early version of ChatGPT consumes about 1300 megawatt-hours of ...

Recently, an AI startup called Cluely announced the launch of its new app with the terrifying tagline: “Today is the start of a world where you never have to think again.” I say terrifying, because if ...

Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, remarked: “The thing that’s really, really quite amazing is the ...

Fast and slow signals, one continuous mind What makes this timing system powerful is not just that different regions have different speeds, but that the brain constantly blends them into a single, ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. Today, Amreen, age 15, from New Delhi, India, asks: Is it possible to upload the consciousness of your mind into a computer? The concept, cool yet ...

We build AI systems to mimic the human brain: writing emails, answering questions and predicting what comes next. But new research aims to turn that relationship around—using large language models ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. As with any tool, the real question is not what AI can do but ...

Psychology meets archaeology -- What it means to be social -- Ancient social lives -- Ancestors with small brains -- Building the human niche : three crucial skills -- Ancestors with large brains -- ...