The article reports that elite Rubik’s Cube solvers show synchronized brain activity across memory, planning, visuospatial, and motor regions, both during planning and rapid execution, suggesting the brain can engage these systems simultaneously at high speed. This pattern indicates how expert performance may emerge from integrated cognitive-motor processing.

This topic is of interest to psychology because it illuminates how specialized training reshapes brain networks to support rapid, coordinated thought and action, highlighting the interplay between cognition and motor control in skilled performance.

Article Title: What brain waves reveal about people who can solve a Rubik’s Cube in seconds

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/what-brain-waves-reveal-about-people-who-can-solve-a-rubiks-cube-in-seconds/

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#brainwaves #expertise #cognition #neuroscience #motorcontrol

The article reports that severe menstrual pain in primary dysmenorrhea is linked to lower cognitive performance, reduced daily functioning, and negative self-perceptions across different phases of the menstrual cycle.

This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it links physical symptoms with cognitive processing, attention, self-concept, and daily functioning, illustrating how bodily states can influence mental processes and behavior in real-world contexts.

Article Title: Primary dysmenorrhea: Severe menstrual pain is associated with lower cognitive and daily functioning

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/primary-dysmenorrhea-severe-menstrual-pain-is-associated-with-lower-cognitive-and-daily-functioning/

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#dysmenorrhea #cognition #menstrualhealth #occupationalperformance #psychology

‘The Incomer’s Grant O’Rourke Signs With Cognition
#Agencies #Cognition #GrantORourke #TheIncomer

https://deadline.com/2026/03/the-incomer-grant-orourke-signs-cognition-1236760469/

- Lessons on autonomous learning from cognitive science: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15381 + earlier relevant paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.05780

- Claude Desktop + Mobile apps add Dispatch desktop control from mobile, looks cool: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13947068-assign-tasks-to-claude-from-anywhere-in-cowork

- Has anyone tried Mistral Vibe? (Mistral's Claude Code CLI AI tool): https://mistral.ai/products/vibe

#AI #AInews #machinelearning #cognition #claude #dispatch #mistral

Logan Kilpatrick (@OfficialLoganK)

기존 벤치마크에서 AI가 성능 포화(saturation)를 보이므로 더 엄격한 벤치마크가 필요하다고 설명하며, 모델을 학습(learning), 메타인지(metacognition), 주의(attention), 집행기능(executive functions), 사회적 인지(social cognition) 등 여러 인지적 차원으로 평가할 새로운 벤치마크 개발을 제안합니다.

https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/2033978256454504915

#benchmarks #evaluation #cognition #agi

Good Idea: 10min exercise before class

https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/12/19/exercise-benefits-executive-function/

A Northeastern study had students do a short bout of moderate exercise right before class. Better focus, sharper problem solving, stronger executive function. Compared to days they skipped it.
Doesn't need to be intense either. A brisk walk counts.

#exercise #sport #education #cognition #brain