In any conversation about the cognitive effects of artificial intelligence, these two earlier technologies are reasonably ...

For decades, psychologists have debated whether the human mind can be explained by one unified theory or must be broken into ...

Researchers identify the rostral prefrontal cortex as the essential bridge between spontaneous and executive brain networks ...

Anti-intelligence is what happens when the product of thinking survives while the thinking itself stops doing the same work.

Muscle memory extends beyond physical capability, illustrating how our brains retain skills and remain resilient, even ...

Vivienne Ming argues defending against AI harms requires strengthening human skills and actively questioning AI instead of passively accepting outputs ...

AI is everywhere, the pressure to adopt it is relentless, and the evidence that it’s making us smarter is getting thinner by the quarter. On New Year’s Day 2026, a programmer named Steve Yegge ...

When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful ...

A top AI researcher says most people are using AI in ways that weaken thinking. Vivienne Ming's experiment found that only a small minority use AI to challenge and improve ideas. She says users should ...

Are you using AI to think — or letting it think for you? Vivienne Ming, chief scientist at the Possibility Institute, a metascience research group, and founder of Socos Labs, an AI and education firm, ...