People like to take the path of least resistance when it comes to cognitive effort -- a common assumption in cognitive psychology. Researchers have now come to a different conclusion: once people ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the traditional framework of cognitive load theory, it is assumed that the acquisition of domain-specific knowledge structures (or schémas) ...

From solving puzzles to masterfully playing a game of chess, current artificial intelligence tools have employed algorithms ...

An analysis of data from the Colorado Longitudinal Twin Study suggests that general cognitive ability tends to be highly stable across the lifespan, but this stability only emerges after about age 3.