New research led by the University of St Andrews has shown that children perform cognitive tasks faster on their own in studies, rather than in the presence of a stranger. Cognitive control ...

The noise in our workplace is undoubtedly a huge factor in our productivity. Numerous studies have highlighted the impact open office environments have on our productivity, whilst research has also ...

When people have an audience watching them, it can change their performance for better or worse. Now, researchers have found that chimpanzees' performance on computer tasks is influenced by the number ...

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Organizations interested in deploying AI agents must first fine-tune them, especially in workflows that often feel rote. While some organizations want agents that only perform one kind of task in one ...

As systems administrators, we are tasked with the ongoing administration and management of employee/client computing devices–whether they are standalone computers connected directly into the LAN, ...

When people have an audience watching them, it can change their performance for better or worse. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal iScience on November 8 have found that chimpanzees ...