Critical thinking helps us to check and update our personal views and biases, to avoid oversimplifying reality, and to help us realize when we've been wrong about something.

Not long after the publication of my book, Critical Thinking: Conceptual Perspectives and Practical Guidelines, by Cambridge University Press, Psychology Today contacted me and asked me to write a ...

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

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Socrates wasn’t the greatest fan of the written word. Famous for leaving no texts to posterity, the great philosopher is said to have believed that a reliance on writing destroys the memory and ...

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We’re entering a new era where artificial intelligence can generate content faster than we can apply critical thinking. In mere seconds, AI can summarize long reports, write emails in our tone and ...

Re “Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good,” by Mary Harrington (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 3): Blaming smartphones for rising illiteracy ignores the deeper political and economic forces that are gutting ...

Despite the evidence showing AI is killing students’ critical thinking skills, schools have signed contracts with Big Tech companies.

Tim Metz is worried about the “Google Maps–ification” of his mind. Just as many people have come to rely on GPS apps to get around, the 44-year-old content marketer fears that he is becoming dependent ...

A new study from researchers at MIT's Media Lab reveals that ChatGPT may be chipping away at our cognitive abilities. The study focused on ChatGPT effects on the brain and, in particular, our ability ...