When animals and humans explore their surrounding environment or complete specific tasks, their brains simultaneously support both their mental (i.e., cognitive) processes and physical movements. For ...

Inner speech represents a pervasive component of human cognition, interfacing language with thought to support a range of mental functions from problem-solving and memory retrieval to self-regulation.

Working memory is a critical cognitive system that temporarily maintains and manipulates information for complex tasks such as reasoning, learning, and decision-making. It functions as an interface ...

We become forgetful as we age. This is often seen as a universal truth, but in fact it is far from universal: some people ...

This is the fourth in a series of posts on my book, The Four Realms of Existence. Read posts one, two, and three. Source: Harvard University Press/Used with permission Everything about a human being, ...

Artificial intelligence began as a quest to simulate the human brain. Is it now in the process of transforming the human brain’s role in daily life? The Industrial Revolution diminished the need for ...

This post was co-authored with Professor John Vervaeke 1. Thinking, Fast and Slow is one of the great books written on cognition and decision making. In a clear and accessible fashion, it made popular ...

A new cognitive study has proposed an action value calculator model to explain how infants modulate their social behaviors based on the social context. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

The rapid advancement of autonomous driving technology is reshaping transportation systems. However, its widespread adoption hinges not only on technical ...