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Nick Byrd, a philosopher-scientist and Intelligence Community Fellow who led the research at Stevens Institute of Technology, and his team worked with research startup Phonic, Inc., to develop an online protocol for recording audio as people narrate all of their thoughts while answering a series of trick questions. The work, reported in a special issue of the Journal of Intelligence, may not only help scientist reveal how people solve reasoning problems, but help optimize analysts’ reports an...

Think fast: if youre running a race and overtake the person in second place, what position are you in? Many people instinctively respond that youre in first place. However, upon reflection, some people realize the correct answer is that youre now in second place: The former number-two runner slipped into third as you overtook them.