intelligence

Get lost in a good book. Time and again, reading has been shown to make us healthier, smarter, and more empathic.

Albert Einstein’s famous thought experiments led to groundbreaking ideas.

Everyone encounters stereotypes. But what you do afterward says something about you

AI won’t really resemble humanoids. Instead, AI will create a world that countries and large companies can live in.

There are three types of intelligence that are necessary for success in life, says the noted psychologist Robert Sternberg.

Groundbreaking research finds that the human brain creates multi-dimensional neural structures.

Can genius be reproduced from extracted DNA? Introducing the Leonardo Project.

Studying philosophy has had a major impact on the power players of Silicon Valley.

AI is capable of self-reproduction—should humans be worried?

A new study shows how talking to yourself may help your brain perform better.

Cognitive abilities peak at varying ages, say researchers from MIT and Harvard.

Even our most imaginative expectations of AI are only primitive — but as neuroscience understands the brain more deeply, it will unlock the full potential of hybrid intelligence.

The human mind is like a Turing machine, says Daniel Dennett. It’s made up of unthinking cogs – but when combined in the right order, their motion gives rise to consciousness.

A new study makes a surprising finding on the intelligence of psychopaths, often portrayed as evil geniuses in popular culture.

A new genetic study sees us getting gently stupider over time.

The benefits of actively playing chess are supported by numerous studies. 

Do you get antsy when there’s nothing to do?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not nearly as smart as we want it to be. Because we are not nearly as smart as we want to be.

People who believe in God or the supernatural don’t quite understand the physical world, claims a new study from researchers at the University of Helsinki. 

Standardized testing is like bringing a knife to a gun fight. It’s not totally useless, but it does misunderstand the situation. The Imagination Institute’s Scott Barry Kaufman suggests a more three-dimensional search for intelligence.

Turns out no one is immune to being prejudiced. New research suggests that people of higher and lower cognitive ability are equally inclined, but direct their prejudice towards different social groups.  

The IQ test is the most widely known measure of intelligence, but are the ‘twice exceptional’ and other gifted members of society slipping between the cracks?

Is the animal kingdom oblivious to our jokes or just a really tough crowd? Bill Nye explores the link between intelligence and humor.

New psychology study finds people of higher intelligence to be much less physical than non-thinkers. You can take the utilized Need for Cognition Test yourself here to see if you’re a thinker.

A noted neuroscientist’s new study illuminates what remarkable invention made our brains the largest of all the primates.

A number of scientific studies find the traits shared by intelligent people.