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·August 8, 2024·4 min read

Greater Knowledge May Harm Group Welfare

Increasing knowledge can lead to negative outcomes when individuals use it for self-interest rather than collective good. Researchers argue that enhanced knowledge can reduce cooperation among rational individuals, potentially worsening overall welfare.

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·June 29, 2022·5 min read

How Do We Explore Our Knowledge to Be Creative?

Researchers say creativity is linked to two different semantic memory processes.

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·February 11, 2022·2 min read

Lifetime of Knowledge Can Clutter Memories of Older Adults

Older people's brains allocate more space to accumulated knowledge and have more material to navigate when trying to access memories, a new study reports.

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·February 3, 2022·4 min read

People With Less Memory Loss in Old Age Gain More Knowledge

Older adults who experience less decline in fluid cognitive abilities show larger gains in crystallized abilities, a new study reports.

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·October 26, 2020·3 min read

How to Figure Out What You Don’t Know

Testing multiple computational models of the nervous system, researchers discover that just because a model can make accurate predictions about data, this doesn't always translate into the underlying logic of the biological system it represents.

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·May 28, 2020·3 min read

‘Knowing how’ is in your brain

Artificial intelligence reveals how the brain programs procedural knowledge.

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·November 18, 2019·5 min read

The difference between an expert’s brain and a novice’s

When learning a new task, brain activities alter over time as mice transition to an expert from a novice. The changes are reflected in neural networks and neural activity. As the animal's knowledge grows, neural networks become more focused.

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·May 23, 2019·4 min read

What we think we know, but might not, pushes us to learn more

Learning is best predicted by both curiosity and an objective measure of knowledge. Researchers suggest it is uncertainty, or when you think you know something then discover you don't, that leads to curiosity and learning outcomes.

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·June 26, 2018·3 min read

How Your Brain Decides Between Knowledge and Ignorance

Researchers report the brain's reward network could play an influential role in evaluating the opportunity to gain new information, just as it does to evaluate rewards such as food or financial gain.

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·April 12, 2018·4 min read

People Who Claim Superior Beliefs Exaggerate Their Own Knowledge

People who think their beliefs are superior to other people's view points are prone to overestimating what they actually know, a new study reports.

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·December 8, 2015·3 min read

Internet Access Makes Us Less Willing to Rely on Knowledge

Researchers report the web might be affecting how we think as people are less willing to rely on their knowledge when they have access to the internet.