A study by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University reveals that heavy reliance on AI tools in the workplace hampers critical thinking. Workers often accept AI-generated content without independent ...

Critical thinking – the ability to interpret, understand, analyse and synthesise information – has always been a crucial element of higher education teaching and research. It is a bulwark against ...

Generative AI tools have become hugely popular but some experts worry about the effect they have on the brain.

Talking to yourself used to be considered the first sign of madness. But thinking out loud is actually the best way to get things done and could help us solve tricky tasks, scientists claim. A study ...

Critical thinking transcends academic boundaries. In an era of global challenges and information overload, the ability to sift through data, question assumptions, generate innovative solutions and ...

Using two newly developed types of reasoning tests, a team of researchers at UCL and UCLH has identified key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem-solving. The results will ...

Computers can be used to help solve problems. However, before a problem can be tackled, the problem itself - and the ways in which it could be solved - needs to be understood. Computational thinking ...

The role of the practitioner in children's problem solving is to pose challenges and prompt them with occasional questions and suggestions, but not provide the answers for them, says Margaret Martin.

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