Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions. Q: How can I be happier? A: This is the ultimate billion-dollar question. It’s right up there with “what is the meaning of life?” Of course that … Read more
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Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65 – more than 4 per cent – have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain amount of cognitive decline is normal as age sets in. And whether it’s due to fear of cognitive decline or noticing lapses in cognition when we are stressed, … Read more
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Forgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there – or perhaps someone says hi on the street and you can’t remember their name. But why do we forget things? Is it simply a sign of memory impairment, or are there benefits? One … Read more
Those long hours spent playing Mario Kart as a kid could be paying off in your career. According to a recent survey of 1,000 Americans by educational game maker Prodigy Education, those who played video games growing up were 71% more likely to have received a promotion recently. They also earn $5,451 more on average … Read more
It’s no secret that artificial intelligence is changing the way we work. With more and more simpler tasks being automated, humans are left with more high-level cognitive work, such as idea generation. If you want to excel in the new era, you’ll need to radically transform how you work to maximize brain efficiency, says Dr. … Read more
Recent research confirms what many of us already suspect—our attention spans are shrinking. As we rely more on technology to handle routine tasks, the burden of complex cognitive work falls squarely on our shoulders, leaving many of us struggling to keep up. Dr. Mithu Storoni, a leading neuroscientist and author of the forthcoming book “Hyper … Read more
Nomadsoul1 | Istock | Getty Images The question “What is a thought?” is no longer strictly a philosophical one. Like anything else measurable, our thoughts are subject to increasingly technical answers, with data captured by tracking brainwaves. That breakthrough also means the data is commodifiable, and captured brain data is already being bought and sold … Read more
NEW DELHI: Denser grey matter in the cognition region of a brain could be helping serial entrepreneurs in adapting multiple strategies, enabling them to repeatedly launch new businesses compared to others, according to a recent research. The study provides a neural basis for cognitive flexibility, which helps adapt and shift from one strategy to another … Read more
Neuralink’s first human implant hit a snag last week, with reports suggesting tiny wires crucial for brain signal detection dislodged. Sources familiar with the matter revealed this issue has been known for years at Elon Musk’s company. Three sources familiar with the testing claim that animal trials conducted before last year’s US approval indicated a … Read more
Three years after Neuralink showed footage of a monkey playing Pong using signals delivered via a brain implant, the Elon Musk-backed company has shared another video, this time of a human using the same technology to play chess on a computer. Neuralink live streamed the remarkable demonstration (below) on social media on Wednesday. https://t.co/OMIeGGjYtG — … Read more
