Across the whole group of participants, cued or uncued, the subsequent solving rate for puzzles that had appeared in dreams ...

The planarian is nobody's idea of a genius. A flatworm shaped like a comma, it can be found wriggling through the muck of lakes and ponds worldwide. Its pin-size head has a microscopic structure that ...

Chestnut Hill, MA – November 12, 2008 – A new study in the journal Mind, Brain, and Education reveals that certain types of thinking are best suited to solving certain types of problems. Specifically, ...

This post summarizes key research and tips from the “Unicorn and Flute Problems” episode of our podcast, Talk Psych to Me. Available on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. We have a ...

An Optical Illusion is a Visual phenomenon that tricks our brain with our eyes, whether they are working or not analyse the correct answer. These types of illusions require critical thinking and deep ...

There are, generally speaking, two types of people in the mathematical optimization software field: • Optimization solver developers: The technical experts who devise and implement the algorithms that ...

Why did my boss say that? How should I strike up a conversation that could lead to a sale? What if I talked too much at the meeting yesterday? These are examples of the types of questions that might ...

Avoidance is a strategy we use to escape a stressful experience. There are two types of avoidance — cognitive and behavioral. Various approaches can help us break the patterns of avoidance, such as ...