
Cognition & AI
Brains Need Ping-Pong
Why back-and-forth interaction builds children's thinking in ways solo practice cannot — and what social AI still struggles to copy.
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Why back-and-forth interaction builds children's thinking in ways solo practice cannot — and what social AI still struggles to copy.

Peer learning isn't a nice pedagogical bonus — it's load-bearing for cognition. New neuroscience shows what the socially interactive brain is actually doing, and why multi-agent AI isn't even close to replicating it.