We know more today about how humans learn than ever before, so why do most classrooms still look like they did a century ago? Decades of research in cognitive science, neuroscience and educational ...

How do humans manage to adapt to completely new situations and why do machines so often struggle with this? This central question is explored by researchers from cognitive science and artificial ...

From solving puzzles to masterfully playing a game of chess, current artificial intelligence tools have employed algorithms and generative responses to mimic human intelligence in ways that, at times, ...

Past psychology and behavioral science studies have identified various ways in which people's acquisition of new knowledge can be disrupted. One of these, known as interference, occurs when humans are ...

When a baby babbles and their parents respond, these back-and-forth exchanges are more than adorable-if-incoherent chatter—they help to build a baby's emerging language skills. Subscribe to our ...

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods? For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems ...

So, here’s the question: What does it mean to say someone has learned something when a machine can now do the same task? Artificial intelligence can generate essays, solve problems, and simulate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As AI automates routine tasks and accelerates knowledge work, the skills that remain irreplaceably human are not becoming less ...