You may know wisdom when you see it, but scientists have yet to come of with a concise definition. A new survey of 30 people who study wisdom reveals wisdom has features that distinguish it from other ...

Could sagacity might have a neurobiological basis? In a new article, psychiatry experts attempt to identify the central, unifying elements that define wisdom. Compassion. Self-understanding. Morality.

Researchers have compiled the first-ever review of the neurobiology of wisdom -- once the sole province of religion and philosophy. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of ...

Our ability to quickly remember things declines in our latter years. But decades of life gives us something of extraordinary value – wisdom. QUESTION: Is there one simple, clear definition of wisdom?

The Bible tells us, “For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it” (Proverbs 8:11). I am privileged to have had several very wise and wonderful ...

Writer Henry Alford talks about searching for wisdom by criss-crossing the country to interview people over the age of 70. His findings make up a new book entitled How to Live: A Search for Wisdom ...