Prolonged use of artificial intelligence for essay-writing tasks may weaken brain function and critical thinking skills, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently found.

Like calculators before them, AI tools can raise the bar for what people can achieve – if they’re used the right way.

This preliminary, non-peer-reviewed study highlights that among students tasked with writing and memorizing a series of ...

Maintaining healthy brain function is no secret, an MIT professor and expert who focuses on diseases such as Alzheimer’s has said. “People actually know what they should be doing” to ...

What function does your microbiome play in your health? The answer is still a mystery, but emerging scientific evidence suggests it could have implications for treating many chronic diseases. A ...

Gain-of-function experiments may help researchers test scientific theories, develop new technologies and find treatments for infectious diseases. For example, in 2003, ...

Executive function is the mechanism by which our brains manage and prioritize our thoughts, working memory, emotions and actions; Harvard researchers call it our brain’s air traffic control system.