Working memory is what allows humans to juggle different pieces of information in short-term scenarios, like making a mental grocery list and then going shopping or remembering and then dialing a ...

A new study has examined the role of several cognitive functions in young students learning to write English, their second language. The study conducted a battery of cognitive tests, gauged the ...

Long-term success is based on leveraging and maximizing things you can control. Like effort. Perseverance. Surprisingly (at least to some), being nice. But most important, leveraging and maximizing ...

By working to understand how new AI systems integrate flexible and incremental learning, researchers gained insights about the human brain.

In our age of information overload, remembering things can be a daunting task. But as a memory researcher and college professor, I’ve found some hope in that challenge. In January 2021, like millions ...

Sure, success sometimes is sometimes the result of whom you know. Still: Long-term success is almost always based on what you know. That’s why most successful people try to be lifelong learners. And ...

As others go through different experiences, we can sometimes learn from watching their example. Researchers have long explained that we experience social understanding, meaning that in order to learn ...

Instead of retraining the LLM, the agent consults a dynamic store of past outcomes to make smarter decisions for new tasks.

The more you know, the smarter you can be. The more you know about how to memorize, the more you will know. I identify five steps for thinking effectively about how to memorize. Step 1. What NOT to ...

Art students work for years to learn to create good portraits that capture the likeness of a subject. Even among trained artists, it takes a special talent to draw faces accurately. This problem ...