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Bilinguals' brains don't have to work hard to switch between languages

For bilingual speakers, switching languages is only effortful—that is, it requires executive control to manage cognitive functions—when the speakers are prompted or forced to do so, new r...

Why being intelligent could mean you're more prone to making stereotypical judgements

People with higher cognitive abilities are more likely to learn and apply social stereotypes, research finds.

Forget social lives, our brain size could all be down to diet

Diet, not social life, may be the driver of brain size evolution, a new study suggests. The findings call into question “the social brain hypothesis,” which argues that humans and other p...

This is what your brain does when you try to read in a noisy coffee shop

Researchers have a new theory, based on a computational model, on how the brain separates relevant from irrelevant information.

The fascinating 400-year history of one New York City block

A new project goes hyperlocal—taking on just 486 feet of Greene Street between Houston and Prince Streets in SoHo—to explore cycles of development and decline over 400 years of New York C...

What impact does negative feedback have on professional conduct?

For people who are driven to succeed at a certain profession, negative feedback about their talent or potential may lead some to act unethically.

Could computers learn like humans?