During a lab meeting, one of our PhD researchers recalls how her father would forbid her from using paper to help solve maths homework problems by writing them down. Another admits that she sometimes still uses her hands ...
Nov 10, 2016
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(HealthDay)—If you've had a stroke, a positive outlook might just help prevent another one, a new study suggests.
Jan 31, 2019
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New research shows that lying about performance on one task may increase creativity on a subsequent task by making people feel less bound by conventional rules.
Feb 20, 2014
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Certain types of video games can help to train the brain to become more agile and improve strategic thinking, according to scientists from Queen Mary University of London and University College London (UCL).
Aug 21, 2013
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A new study shows that inhaled doses of as little as 2 mg of the synthetic cannabinoid JWH-018 can significantly impair critical thinking and memory, slow reaction times, and increase confusion and dissociation. The results ...
Mar 19, 2019
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Brain connections that play a key role in complex thinking skills show the poorest health with advancing age, new research suggests.
Dec 15, 2016
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In new research published today, researchers have created a machine learning algorithm that is able to form two distinct groups of people who have early memory problems known as mild cognitive impairment. The algorithm was ...
Jul 31, 2017
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Psychologists try to understand human thinking and even predict our behavior. For a long time, they relied on simplified models to show how factor A leads to behavior B. "These models have certainly helped us understand behavior," ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Psychologists at the University of Sheffield and the University of Stirling teamed up to discover when children begin thinking divergently.
Mar 7, 2014
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