Some people can drop a task midstream, respond to a curveball, and then slide back into deep focus with barely a hitch.

Life is lived at many tempos and the healthiest, most nimble brains seem to have an intrinsic sense of when to change gears.

Your brain is constantly juggling information that arrives in a flash with thoughts that unfold over seconds, minutes, or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. As you age from season to season, your brain needs as much ...

Below, Annie shares five key insights from her new book, The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain. Listen to the audio version—read by Annie herself—in the Next Big Idea App. 1.

The spark of creativity, that seemingly mysterious capacity to generate novel and valuable ideas, has intrigued humanity for centuries. Once attributed primarily to divine inspiration or innate genius ...