Tag Archives: cognition

What is it about the human brain that makes us smarter than other animals? New research gives intriguing answer

What is it about the human brain that makes us smarter than other animals? New research gives intriguing answer

Humans are unrivalled in the area of cognition. After all, no other species has sent probes to other planets, produced lifesaving vaccines or created poetry. How information is processed in the human brain to make this possible is a question that has drawn endless fascination, yet no definitive answers. Our understanding of brain function has […] … learn more→

How to be a cognitive miser (in a good way)

How to be a cognitive miser (in a good way)

At ANU we run a program called ‘Thesis Bootcamp’, adopted from the Melbourne University program of the same name invented by Liam Connell and Peta Freestone. Thesis bootcamp challenges PhD students to write as much as 20,000 words on a single weekend of intensive writing in a group setting. We run four Thesis Bootcamps a […] … learn more→