The language brain matters more for programming than the math brain? (2020)(massivesci.com)

397 points by smusamashah 1 year ago | 392 comments

Massive Science article (2020) on research finding that language aptitude predicts learning to program better than math ability.

American IQs Are Dropping. Here's Why It Might Not Be a Bad Thing(fatherly.com)

3 points by xiaodai 2 years ago | 0 comments

Over 70% of US household Covid spread started with a child(cidrap.umn.edu)

144 points by nico 3 years ago | 116 comments

Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Erodes Your Ability to Persist at Hard Things(vcresearch.berkeley.edu)

25 points by giuliomagnifico 15 days ago | 23 comments

UC Berkeley Research news article on a co-authored study finding that using AI for just 10 minutes reduces people's persistence on difficult tasks.

Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus(bcm.edu)

131 points by hhs 5 months ago | 50 comments

People may age faster if their dad smoked during puberty(ersnet.org)

40 points by XzetaU8 1 year ago | 54 comments