A study published in Nature Communications in January 2026 found that general intelligence does not reside in any single ...

The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing how to cook.

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

New research suggests Intelligence may emerge from how the brain’s networks work together rather than a single “intelligence ...

The idea that the universe itself might be intelligent sounds like science fiction, yet a growing group of researchers is treating it as a serious scientific question. Instead of seeing consciousness ...

The research suggests that intelligence is unified not because the brain relies on a single general-purpose processor, but because the same organizational principles shape how all cognitive functions ...

Aron Barbey, the Andrew J. McKenna Family Professor of Psychology in Notre Dame’s Department of Psychology, is also the director of the Notre Dame Human Neuroimaging Center and the Decision ...