Offloading thinking to AI may increase dependence, reducing critical analysis, knowledge retention, and cognitive effort.

Letting an AI assistant handle the hard parts of thinking feels efficient in the moment, but a growing body of cognitive ...

Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, ...

Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. Most people think a good memory means remembering what happened at breakfast, where they left their keys, or the name of someone they met at a party last ...

A new study shows that 20 minutes of cardio can trigger memory-linked brain waves in the hippocampus, offering the first direct evidence of this effect in humans.