This is Part 4 of a five-part series on cognition and consciousness. Part 1 explored what we mean by "cognition." In Parts 2 and 3, we examined neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux’s strict definition, which ...

Most diets focus on weight loss or heart health, but the MIND diet is unique because it centres around foods associated with ...

Post 2 in the series on AI and the evolution of cognition. For those of you who read my first post, Thinking About Thinking—How AI Reshapes Cognition, you’ll know this is more than just a musing on ...

Melinda Jackson has received funding from the Medical Research Future Fund, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) and ...

“I’m going to get fired because of this.” If the idea of getting let go from your job after making a minor, fixable mistake plagues your everyday thoughts, you’re likely experiencing amplified ...

When Farren Morgan signed up to life in the military he was on the cusp of his thirties. Surrounded by other new recruits to the army, he realised he needed to overhaul his diet to remain at his ...

Do you find yourself lying awake at night, your mind racing with unnecessary thoughts, to-do lists, or revisiting the day's events? If so, you're probably good at overthinking a lot and not getting ...

AI, trained on immense datasets of physics, biology and human behavior, gives us glimpses of what comes next. It does not ...