Cognitive PsychologyNov 22, 2024
The Psychology of Attention: Lessons from Simone Weil
Simone Weil once told a student, “What I cannot stand is compromise.” This unyielding stance underpinned the French ...
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Cognitive PsychologyNov 21, 2024
Design and imagination as essential tools during the climate crisis
Researchers advocate the use of imagination in tackling the climate crisis. They focus specifically on urbanizing river deltas, which are of great social and economic importance and highly vulnerable to climate change.
Cognitive PsychologyNov 19, 2024
Creativity camp improves adolescent mental health, well-being
A research team found that Creativity Camp, a two-week arts intervention delivered as a day camp, had a positive impact on mental health and well-being in adolescents with depression.
Cognitive PsychologyNov 17, 2024
Achieving Optimal Performance With Attention and Awareness
Athletes—and the rest of humankind—can get tangled up in thoughts and emotions that can disrupt and undermine optimal ...
Cognitive PsychologyNov 15, 2024
Stress makes mice's memories less specific
Stress is a double-edged sword when it comes to memory: stressful or otherwise emotional events are usually more memorable, but stress can also make it harder for us to retrieve memories. Now, neuroscientists report that…
Cognitive PsychologyNov 15, 2024
Splitting the Hard Problem of Consciousness in Two
This blog was co-authored by Gregg Henriques, Ph.D., and John Vervaeke, Ph.D. Since the dawn of human consciousness, people have ...
Cognitive PsychologyNov 14, 2024
New study emphasizes the importance of arts and humanities in neurology training
Researchers have found teaching artistic observation to neurology residents contributed to the development of well-rounded physicians with the capacity to be both skilled clinicians and compassionate healers.
Cognitive PsychologyNov 13, 2024
Grabbing pizza with coworkers isn't just fun -- it could boost your teamwork skills
Forming memories around shared experiences, whether something fun like grabbing a pizza or as emotionally straining as an employee strike, has a way of binding people together. But it could also motivate those performing…
Cognitive PsychologyNov 12, 2024
Debunked: Children aren't quicker at picking up new motor skills than adults
Contrary to popular belief, children aren't better at learning new skills than adults. Indeed, young adults seem to learn faster than kids -- but also tend to forget more quickly. Here, better sleep seems to advantage…
Cognitive PsychologyNov 6, 2024
Brain stars hold our memories
A new study changes the way we understand memory. Until now, memories have been explained by the activity of brain cells called neurons that respond to learning events and control memory recall. Neurologists have now…
Cognitive PsychologyNov 6, 2024
Researchers have uncovered the mechanism in the brain that constantly refreshes memory
Researchers have discovered a neural mechanism for memory integration that stretches across both time and personal experience.
Cognitive PsychologyNov 6, 2024
Brain acts like music box playing different behaviors
Neuroscientists have discovered brain cells that form multiple coordinate systems to tell us 'where we are' in a sequence of behaviors. These cells can play out different sequences of actions, just like a music box can…
Cognitive PsychologyNov 5, 2024
Bach, Mozart or jazz
Physicists have investigated to which extent a piece of music can evoke expectations about its progression. They were able to determine differences in how far compositions of different composers can be anticipated. In…
Cognitive PsychologyOct 31, 2024
Meta-learning of motor skills in the dorsal premotor cortex of the brain
Researchers have discovered that the dorsal premotor cortex serves a 'meta-learning' function, overseeing and regulating physical movements. Once believed to be limited to movement planning, this region has now been…
Cognitive PsychologyOct 30, 2024
Britain's brass bands older than we thought and invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars
Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were a civilian and…
Cognitive PsychologyOct 25, 2024
Studying Wikipedia browsing habits to learn how people learn
A collaborative team of researchers led by Dale Zhou, who did his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, and Dani Bassett in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science looked at how…
Cognitive PsychologyOct 16, 2024
Fearful memories of others seen in mouse brain
Researchers have revealed that the CA1 and CA2 regions in the brain respectively encode the locations and individuals linked with a threatening experience. The results show that, beyond simply recognizing individuals…
Cognitive PsychologyOct 15, 2024
How do you remember how to ride a bike? Thank your cerebellum
Researchers have shown that, just like declarative memories, short-term and long-term memories for motor skills form in different regions of the brain, with the cerebellum being critical for the formation of long-term…
Cognitive PsychologyOct 11, 2024
Asking a person to talk about their parents in therapy can distort memories of childhood emotions
New research suggests a person's feelings towards a parent can be significantly changed when they are asked to evaluate them during talking therapy, even when the question isn't suggestive.
Cognitive PsychologyOct 10, 2024
Heart failure, atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease linked to cognitive impairment
A new American Heart Association scientific statement suggests addressing cardiovascular health earlier in life may reduce the risk of stroke and help preserve thinking and memory later in life.
Cognitive PsychologyOct 10, 2024
To make children better fact-checkers, expose them to more misinformation -- with oversight
Researcherers say a pair of experiments with children ages 4 to 7 shows that, given children's natural skepticism and early exposure to the internet's boundless misinformation, it is crucial for adults to teach them…
Cognitive PsychologySep 23, 2024
Yet another reason why you should sleep on it before making an important decision
Conventional wisdom holds that people are easily seduced by first impressions, and there's solid scientific evidence that initial snap judgements are hard to shake -- even when they turn out to be inaccurate. But…
Cognitive PsychologySep 20, 2024
Adding nuance to link between brain structure and ideology
Using MRI scans of almost 1,000 Dutch people, researchers show that there is indeed a connection between brain structure and ideology. However, the connection is smaller than expected. Nevertheless, the researchers find…
Cognitive PsychologySep 16, 2024
Linguistics and Cognitive Science M.A.
Our M.A. is a flexible program of study that provides training in linguistics and/or cognitive science. Students may propose a ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 4, 2024
Music can reveal which areas of the brain are affected by aging
Researchers are using works by Johann Sebastian Bach, along with MEG and MRI scans, to investigate how the brain compensates for age-related changes.
Cognitive PsychologyAug 29, 2024
Neuroscientists explore the intersection of music and memory
New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music with a strong…
Cognitive PsychologyAug 21, 2024
Discovery of 'item memory' brain cells offers new Alzheimer's treatment target
Researchers have discovered the neurons responsible for 'item memory,' deepening our understanding of how the brain stores and retrieves the details of 'what' happened and offering a new target for treating Alzheimer's…
Cognitive PsychologyAug 19, 2024
Nurses play key role in addressing mental well-being for people after a stroke
The latest research indicates that 16% to 85% of people recovering from a stroke experience at least one psychosocial symptom, including depression, anxiety, stress, fatigue and/or decreased quality of life. Critical…
Cognitive PsychologyAug 15, 2024
Sleep resets neurons for new memories the next day
While everyone knows that a good night's sleep restores energy, a new study finds it resets another vital function: memory.
Cognitive PsychologyAug 15, 2024
The brain creates three copies for a single memory
A new study reveals that the memory for a specific experience is stored in multiple parallel 'copies'. These are preserved for varying durations, modified to certain degrees, and sometimes deleted over time.