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Abstract thinking helps you find patterns in data and explain meaning through stories and ideas. It also supports humor, creativity, and problem-solving beyond what you can observe. Concrete thinking ...

A new study has suggested that baboons can solve abstract reasoning problems using cognitive tools previously thought, among primates, to be solely the reserve of humans. The study, publishing in ...

My 5-year-old nephew once confidently told me that all dinosaurs were green because his three dinosaur toys were green. So I showed him a nature documentary, Walking with Dinosaurs, and suddenly, ...