Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

The idea that memory can help you get out of tricky situations seems to make sense. However, new research on memory's ...

“I’ve been trying to create the science of magic, which uses [tricks] as a way of exploring the human mind,” Kuhn says. It seems to be working – more than 150 “science of magic” papers ...

Math and computer science researchers have long known that some questions are fundamentally unanswerable. Now physicists are ...

I could practically hear the groans through my computer screen. The YouTube comments went nuclear as soon as the Nintendo Direct voiceover confirmed that no, the Switch 2 wouldn’t be landing with an ...

It’s called the ARCH theory. It is a hypothesis of human psychology that offers a long-sought solution to the mind-body problem, which my colleagues and many scientists worldwide are trying to ...

A lot of useful information is only as helpful as its organization. The same goes for my own brain, of course. Getting that information in different formats can help with learning it, and Google ...

Google’s NotebookLM now lets you create interactive mind maps to visualize and organize complex ideas effortlessly ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) testifies before a Senate committee on her nomination to be UN ambassador on Jan. 21. It was pulled Thursday. Photo: Kent Nishimura/Getty Images ...