A large study, comparing more than 100,000 people with today’s most advanced AI systems, has delivered a surprising result: ...

Sleeping on a problem might be more powerful than we ever imagined. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have shown that dreams can actually be nudged in specific directions — and those dream ...

For centuries, intelligence has been regarded as the hallmark of human capability. It has traditionally been measured through logical reasoning, problem-solving, and the ability to process and ...

One morning in 2009, Jacqueline Tabler woke up with the solution to a laboratory problem that had been plaguing her for months. She got out of bed, grabbed her notebook, and started sketching out an ...

Science models provide an interactive way to understand complex concepts, making them a great tool for boosting creativity in children ...

Neuroscientist Karen Konkoly is a lucid dreamer. When she’s asleep and immersed in a dream, she knows that she is, in fact, dreaming. One of her favorite things to do during these sleep sojourns is ...

Do you consider yourself a creative person? If not, you may be holding yourself back. Psychologist Zorana Ivcevic Pringle says creativity isn't a... How to be more creative — using science Do you ...

Teachers can provide learning experiences that guide high school students to become comfortable with uncertainty and risk-taking.

"Being both very high or very low in executive control can be beneficial for creative problem-solving, but you get to the right answer in different ways," said Christine Chesebrough, Feinstein ...