Spatially and temporally overlapping target and distractor are both rhythmically sampled at ~1 Hz, and the phase relationship between target sampling and distractor sampling predicts behavior.

There’s an irony here that’s impossible to ignore: for all our cognitive horsepower, humans routinely make decisions that ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

As lessons are in motion and routines become more familiar, the demands of professional learning can take a back seat to the ...

Researchers showed that large language models use a small, specialized subset of parameters to perform Theory-of-Mind reasoning, despite activating their full network for every task.

Imagine you're watching a movie, in which a character puts a chocolate bar in a box, closes the box and leaves the room. Another person, also in the room, moves the bar from a box to a desk drawer.

Is it an achievable goal to remain mentally sharp while aging, or is it a pipe dream? It’s entirely possible if you cultivate habits throughout your life that are beneficial to brain function. As a ...

The world of conservative punditry, normally an unflappable and predictable arena with disagreements leaning toward petty, ...

The authors used a Bayesian modeling framework to fit behavior and serotonin neuron activity to reward history across multiple timescales. A key goal was to distinguish value coding from other ...

Human development is influenced by, but not entirely determined by, our parents and our genes. Children may have very different personalities, and different strengths and weaknesses, than the ...

Jason Fernando is a professional investor and writer who enjoys tackling and communicating complex business and financial problems. Natalya Yashina is a CPA, DASM with over 12 years of experience in ...