7+ hour, 59+ min ago  (1060+ words) Updated January 1, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. What if one of the biggest unsolved problems in mathematics is not just about numbers or computers, but about observers like you and me? This isn't a proposed solution to P vs NP,…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (371+ words) Posted December 30, 2025 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. An important milestone has been achieved in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. A new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering shows how a high-performance brain-computer interface can be rapidly implanted through a minimally…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (381+ words) Posted December 30, 2025 | Reviewed by Davia Sills My recent book, Disconnection: Identity Development in a Digital Age, devotes an entire chapter to the perils of AI. One of the arguments I make is that technological innovations flooding the market by Big…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (775+ words) Posted December 8, 2025 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch For decades, psychology has examined the forces that drive human decision-making: impulse, motivation, cognitive load, emotional state, and the social cues that nudge us toward one behavior over another. What has changed, quietly, rapidly,…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (153+ words) Posted December 1, 2025 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina Language as a mental scratch pad Excerpted and adapted from Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language by Gregory Hickok. Published by MIT Press. Baldo, J. V., Bunge, S. A., Wilson, S. M., & Dronkers, N. F. (2010). Is relational reasoning dependent on…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (651+ words) Posted November 30, 2025 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma We all want better judgment. We want to prepare well to perform well. We want our plans to run smoothly and to avoid unnecessary stress. However, we don't always take steps that will objectively…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (977+ words) Posted November 26, 2025 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. What if one of the biggest unsolved problems in mathematics is not just about numbers or computers, but about observers like you and me? This isn't a proposed solution to P vs NP,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (216+ words) Posted November 20, 2025 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley "By exploring how LLMs develop the ability to infer mental states, we can better align LLM systems with human social cognition, fostering more trustworthy and interpretable interactions," the researchers wrote. To conduct their study,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (930+ words) Posted November 19, 2025 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma Flow, the theory or term discussed in the book, agrees with my father's thinking that happiness is derived from the process (rather than being some sort of final desired homeostasis). Indeed, Csikszentmihalyi was investigating…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1011+ words) Posted November 18, 2025 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina OpenAI just released ChatGPT Atlas, a web browser with ChatGPT built in. It's elegant, intelligent, helpful. A personal assistant that follows you across the web, remembers context from sites you visit, and can take…...