Humans have always migrated to survive. When glaciers advanced, when rivers dried up, when cities fell, people moved. Their journeys were often painful, but necessary, whether across deserts, ...

Cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen’s Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning recounts that the parts of the brain engaged when throwing a baseball also fire up when ...

I’ve spent the past few years trying to understand something that often feels beyond understanding—how artificial intelligence, particularly large language models, actually thinks. Or at least, how ...

Article 1 in the series on AI and the Evolution of Cognition. For me, cognition is the quiet engine of my existence. It shapes how we interpret reality, how we construct meaning, and how we define ...

Powering Alzheimer's research with AI-driven insights across cognition, meaning, motor function, and speech — accelerating study recruitment and enabling more equitable, personalized brain health care ...

A new study in expert birders suggests that becoming an expert in a given field could help slow down cognitive decline.