AI chatbots are standardizing how people speak, write, and think. If this homogenization continues unchecked, it risks reducing humanity’s collective wisdom and ability to adapt, computer scientists ...

C al Newport has been described as the “man who never procrastinates,” so I expected him to be punctual for our interview. He didn’t disappoint. He logged onto Zoom from his podcast studio in Takoma ...

AI use can speed up many tasks; for example, analyzing complex data. However, using AI to complete a task at work or for a hobby could lead to so-called cognitive offloading. Cognitive offloading ...

Brain-computer interface technology company Neurable closed a $35 million Series A round of funding led by Spectrum Moonshot Fund, bringing the company's total raise to $65 million. The Boston-based ...

Letting an AI assistant handle the hard parts of thinking feels efficient in the moment, but a growing body of cognitive science research suggests that convenience comes at a measurable cost. When ...

Despite rapid gains in coding, AI-generated output requires more rigorous review than work done by human developers.

I want to share a story of struggle. Actually, two kinds of struggle. My father completed his doctorate at the University of ...

Cognitive science is, by its very nature, a field that requires the simultaneous presence of psychology, neuroscience, ...