Cognitive PsychologyNov 16, 2025
Breaking Bad: Beyond Bad Decision-Making
These words, from Nelson Mandela, speak volumes about the difficulties we face in the often-fraught process of decision-making.
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Cognitive PsychologyNov 11, 2025
What Would it Take to Convince a Neuroscientist That an AI is Conscious?
Large language models like ChatGPT are designed to be eerily human-like. The more you engage with these AIs, the easier it is to ...
Cognitive PsychologyNov 8, 2025
A 500-million-year-old brain "radar" still shapes how you see
New research shows that the superior colliculus, a primitive brain region, can independently interpret visual information. This challenges long-held beliefs that only the cortex handles such complex computations. The…
Cognitive PsychologyOct 30, 2025
Gum disease may quietly damage the brain, scientists warn
People with gum disease may have higher levels of brain white matter damage, a new study finds. Researchers observed that participants with gum disease had significantly more white matter hyperintensities, even after…
Cognitive PsychologyOct 21, 2025
How higher states of consciousness can forever change your perception of reality
A few years ago, I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I'd been walking for a few minutes ...
Cognitive PsychologyOct 20, 2025
Scientists Discovered a Way to Expand Your Consciousness—They Just Need to Plug in Your Brain First
Some researchers believe consciousness is a byproduct of the constantly firing web of neurons in our heads. However, others ...
Cognitive PsychologyOct 13, 2025
We May be Losing Our Attention Span — Here are 4 Science-Backed Ways to Get It Back
1. Take a Break to Improve Attention Span While it may seem counterintuitive, there is evidence that taking a break can improve your attention. According to Gloria Mark — a psychologist whose research ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 22, 2025
Major theories of consciousness may have been focusing on the wrong part of the brain
What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 10, 2025
How does AI affect how we learn? A cognitive psychologist explains why you learn when the work is hard
When OpenAI released “study mode” in July 2025, the company touted ChatGPT’s educational benefits. “When ChatGPT is ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 4, 2025
How Consciousness Might Emerge From Thinking About Thinking
This is Part 3 of a five-part series on cognition and consciousness. Part 1 explored what we mean by "cognition." Part 2 examined ...
Cognitive PsychologySep 2, 2025
Cultivating Ethical Attention in Psychology
This post is Part 2 of a series. In Part 1, I argued that virtue ethics, deontology, and utilitarianism remain important in the ...
Cognitive PsychologyAug 14, 2025
Doubling-back aversion: A common cognitive bias gets a name and definition
Imagine you decide to walk to the park. As you head out the front door, you take a left and walk for about a block. At that point ...
Cognitive PsychologyAug 12, 2025
Scientists discover brain layers that get stronger with age
Researchers have discovered that parts of the human brain age more slowly than previously thought—particularly in the region that processes touch. By using ultra-high-resolution brain scans, they found that while some…
Cognitive PsychologyJul 19, 2025
Doctors used music instead of medication—what they saw in dementia patients was remarkable
A groundbreaking pilot in NHS dementia wards is using live music therapy—called MELODIC—to ease patient distress without relying on drugs. Developed by researchers and clinicians with input from patients and families…
Cognitive PsychologyJul 1, 2025
Are lefties really more creative? 100 years of data say no
A sweeping review of more than a century’s research upends the popular notion that left-handers are naturally more creative. Cornell psychologist Daniel Casasanto’s team sifted nearly a thousand studies, ultimately…
Cognitive PsychologyJun 27, 2025
Attention scan: How our minds shift focus in dynamic settings
A person's capacity for attention has a profound impact on what they see, dictating which details they glean from the world ...
Cognitive PsychologyJun 24, 2025
Our Hidden Layers of Perception
Our vision is amazing. We can judge distances, recognise objects, navigate rugged terrain, catch a frisbee, and so much more ...
Cognitive PsychologyJun 21, 2025
Consciousness: The Mystery Inside Our Brain
Have you ever wondered what makes you "you"? What creates the feeling of being aware, of experiencing the world around you?
Cognitive PsychologyJun 12, 2025
Brain-computer interface restores real-time speech in ALS patient
A team at UC Davis has made a major leap in neurotechnology, enabling a man with ALS to speak again through a brain-computer interface that converts thoughts into speech in real time. Unlike prior systems that translated…
Cognitive PsychologyJun 4, 2025
Why Our Worst Memories Stick With Us So Long
Why do bad memories often linger more vividly than joyous ones? From the sting of social rejection to the trauma of a near-death experience, adverse events can be etched into our memories with ...
Cognitive PsychologyJun 3, 2025
The Psychology of AI's Impact on Human Cognition
As artificial intelligence seamlessly integrates into our daily lives, psychologists and cognitive scientists are grappling with ...
Cognitive PsychologyMay 27, 2025
Hitting the right notes to play music by ear
A team analyzed a range of YouTube videos that focused on learning music by ear and identified four simple ways music learning technology can better aid prospective musicians -- helping people improve recall while…
Cognitive PsychologyMay 21, 2025
Are groovy brains more efficient?
The smallest grooves on the brain's surface, unique to humans, have largely been ignored by anatomists, but recent studies show that they're related to cognitive performance, including face recognition and reasoning…
Cognitive PsychologyMay 14, 2025
Energy and memory: A new neural network paradigm
Listen to the first notes of an old, beloved song. Can you name that tune? If you can, congratulations -- it's a triumph of your associative memory, in which one piece of information (the first few notes) triggers the…
Cognitive PsychologyMay 14, 2025
How we think about protecting data
A new game-based experiment sheds light on the tradeoffs people are willing to make about data privacy.
Cognitive PsychologyMay 14, 2025
The key to spotting dyslexia early could be AI-powered handwriting analysis
A new study outlines how artificial intelligence-powered handwriting analysis may serve as an early detection tool for dyslexia and dysgraphia among young children.
Cognitive PsychologyMay 8, 2025
Is AI truly creative? Turns out creativity is in the eye of the beholder
What makes people think an AI system is creative? New research shows that it depends on how much they see of the creative act. The findings have implications for how we research and design creative AI systems, and they…
Cognitive PsychologyMay 7, 2025
Piecing together the brain puzzle
Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this complicated network…
Cognitive PsychologyMay 7, 2025
Neuroscientists pinpoint where (and how) brain circuits are reshaped as we learn new movements
Brain researchers have identified a bridge between the thalamus and the cortex as the key area that is modified during motor learning functions. They found that such learning does much more than adjust activity levels…
Cognitive PsychologyMay 6, 2025
Study suggests we don't just hear music, but 'become it'
Your brain and body literally “sync” with music, according to new research. Instead of just understanding rhythm, our neural circuits physically resonate with it—shaping how we feel and move to music. This could lead to…