Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information.

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

Calling consciousness an "entropic engine" points to something psychologically obvious: selfhood costs energy. Maintaining a stable "me" model across time, contexts, and internal contradictions ...

Capturing the first image of a supermassive black hole using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). This image of the black hole at the center of the nearby galaxy M87 reveals how gravitation affects the ...

We tend to break things down into smaller components to make remembering easier. Event Segmentation Theory explains how we do ...