Humans have a great capacity for both self-sabotage and unlimited learning. This makes us exceptionally unpredictable.

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Psychologists have long known that a simple drawing of a hallway can trick your eyes into seeing depth where there is only ...

Other studies have painted a grimmer picture, suggesting that AI may impair performance or cognitive abilities such as critical thinking skills. One paper showed that the more a student used ChatGPT ...

Metacognition is often described as ‘thinking about our thinking’. It involves being aware of how our mind works and using ...

When parents think about their child's education, they probably focus on basic skills and exam results, the amount a child is ...

Metacognition allows us to step back and judge our own judgments—a uniquely human ability we can all strengthen to reduce ...

Sahana Subramanyam was a participant in SFI's 2018 summer Research Experience for Undergraduates — now called the Undergraduate Complexity Research program. In this essay, she reflects on how the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools are often framed as authoritative tutors, prioritizing grammatical accuracy. For ...

In statistics the term “population” has a slightly different meaning from the one given to it in ordinary speech. It need not refer only to people or to animate creatures – the population of Britain, ...

If you’re an overthinker, you’ll know exactly how it goes. A problem keeps popping up in your mind – for instance, a health worry or a dilemma at work – and you just can’t stop dwelling on it, as you ...

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