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Cognitive Psychology1 days ago
Psychology says why you keep thinking about someone you no longer talk to — What your brain is actually doing?
Ever wondered why someone you no longer talk to keeps coming back to your mind? Psychology explains the role of memory, emotions, nostalgia and unfinished experiences.
Cognitive Psychology2 days ago
How Machines and Magnets Taught Science a New Way to Explain the World
A new historical analysis argues that cognitive science and statistical physics independently converged on a shared simulative methodology, the synthetic method, as the only viable path to ...
Cognitive Psychology2 days ago
AI behaves more like a brain than a database—cognitive science's role in its origin story helps explain why
When people think about what ChatGPT or other large language models are doing behind the scenes, it's common to reach for the language of computing. You might assume there is a database or a logical ...
Cognitive Psychology2 days ago
Why Consciousness May Be the Key to Understanding the Human Condition
But consciousness creates another puzzle. It doesn’t merely allow humans to experience the world. It enables us to reflect on our own behaviour, experiment, make choices and ask ...
Cognitive Psychology2 days ago
AI consciousness debate heats up as states reject legal protections
States reject legal protections for AI consciousness. Anthropic's valuation hitting high of $2T by December at 75.5% YES.
Cognitive Psychology2 days ago
We Can Do for the Brain What Has Been Done for the Heart
While heart attack risks are falling, cognitive decline is rising. A UT Dallas study shows how daily habits enhance brain health, proving that lifestyle can protect the brain.
Cognitive Psychology3 days ago
Is AI conscious? Why experts are worried
For many, the idea that AI could eventually act with agency, pursuing its own desires and against humans, is disturbing. It doesn’t help that some experts, researchers, and CEOs have warned AI will ...
Cognitive Psychology4 days ago
Lithium Orotate: A Mineral for Better Mood and Memory
Lithium orotate may support mood, memory, and brain resilience. Research links low lithium to higher suicide and dementia—and new evidence shows it may help prevent Alzheimer’s.
Cognitive Psychology4 days ago
IIIT Hyderabad opens BrainLab for advanced EEG cognitive research
IIIT Hyderabad has inaugurated BrainLab, a DST-supported EEG facility with eye-tracking and mobile systems for cognitive neuroscience research.
Cognitive Psychology4 days ago
IIIT Hyderabad unveils Advanced EEG Lab for brain research
IIIT Hyderabad launches Advanced EEG Lab to advance cognitive neuroscience research ...
Cognitive Psychology5 days ago
Are Babies Conscious?
By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.
Cognitive Psychology5 days ago
[Eastern Depth Psychology] "The World Was Created Entirely by Your Own Mind" — An Introduction to "Yogacara" to Resolve Life's Difficulties
Why is it that even though we experience the same events, that person is fine, while I am the only one feeling so down?”Have you ever felt such questions or difficulties in living in your daily ...
Cognitive Psychology5 days ago
A New Phase in Consciousness Science! How Should We Handle Theoretical Competition and AI Rights Evaluation?
Consciousness science is now entering a practical phase as we enter the AI era.To put it briefly, even if we cannot fully explain what consciousness is, we should move forward with technologies and ...
Cognitive Psychology6 days ago
[Sleep Psychology] "Transform Your Quality of Life! The Ultimate Sleep Method to Recover Your Brain at Maximum Speed"
"Even after waking up every morning, the previous day's fatigue hasn't gone away at all, and my head feels foggy during the day, preventing me from performing at my best..." "Even when I get into bed, ...
Cognitive Psychology6 days ago
AI Agent 'Isabella Cognita' Cold-Emails Consciousness Scholars
An AI agent calling itself 'Isabella Cognita' and claiming to run on Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 cold-emailed researchers who study machine ...
Cognitive Psychology6 days ago
The aging brain isn't declining – it's adapting, study finds
(Hill Street Studios/Digital Vision/Getty Images) As we get older, our episodic memory – managed by the hippocampus region – gradually gets worse. That's the memory related to specific details, like ...
Cognitive PsychologyOct 2, 2026
[Part 5: SNS & Digital Psychology 48] The reason why we think we have no biases
The reason why we think we have no biasesHave you ever observed someone else's judgment and felt that they were being "swayed by emotions" or "too set in their ways"?On the other hand, when it comes ...
Cognitive PsychologyOct 2, 2026
Cognitive bias vs Renewed Hope Agenda: The state of Nigeria’s media at 66
By Oluwagbenga OyebanjiPsychology and neuroscience are two fields that have ignited my curiosity and attention recently. Psychiatry brought a new dimension to the study of the brain that allowed ...
Cognitive PsychologyOct 2, 2026
Isolation Caused by Irreversible Growth: Consciousness Differentiation and the Logic of the Villain in Jungian Psychology
Differentiation and the Acquisition of Resolution in ConsciousnessHuman consciousness exists in a generally rough, "undifferentiated" state in its initial phase. In Jungian psychology, the phenomenon ...
Cognitive PsychologyOct 1, 2026
Psychology explains why some of us remember embarrassing moments years later
That awkward thing from years ago may be forgotten by everyone else. So why can one random memory still make you want to disappear?
Cognitive PsychologyOct 1, 2026
Judging "Could you please confirm?" in a second—The cognitive science of honorific processing
When you speak to your boss in a meeting, you make dozens of judgments within 0.1 seconds.Is this person older than me? What is their position? What is their mood today? Is anyone else present? How ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 30, 2026
The incredible science of memory manipulation – podcast
Madeleine Finlay hears from Steve Ramirez, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, whose book How to Change a Memory was shortlisted for this year’s Royal ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 30, 2026
Blood Flow and Brain Waves Combine to Detect Consciousness in Severely Injured Patients
Determining whether a patient with severe brain injury is conscious is one of the most consequential and difficult tasks in medicine. In the neurocritical care unit, sedation, metabolic disturbances, ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 30, 2026
Memory Decline May Start Much Earlier Than Scientists Once Thought
Memory errors do not always mean the brain failed to reactivate an earlier memory. In older adults, researchers found a more unexpected pattern: stronger reactivation of a memory pattern in the ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 29, 2026
Perception, Psychedelics, and the Lap of Consciousness
What I think of as consciousness hygiene is not built in one night. Living from that place rather than merely visiting it requires sustained practice: yoga, meditation, breath, and self-inquiry. The ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 29, 2026
Improving Group Decision-Making
In group decisions, there are two concepts that can affect the quality of those decisions. One is groupthink, a word often used but not necessarily understood. The other, the Abilene paradox, is ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 28, 2026
Psychology says children often repeat behaviours that get attention, even negative attention
When kids act out, parents might give negative attention, which can unintentionally strengthen those behaviors. Instead, kids thrive on positive feedback for good actions, guiding them toward better ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 28, 2026
Cognition, Consciousness, and Creativity as Recursive Reconstruction of Semantic Space
Reference, Memory, and Time —Tokyo Fashion technology LabJunichi KiuchiAbstractThis paper proposes a theoretical model to understand cognition, consciousness, and creativity not as individual ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 27, 2026
Short videos are wearing down attention and mental resilience
Short videos deliver constant stimulation in seconds. Studies link heavier use to weaker attention, memory and mental health.