Here Are Life’s Three Most Risky Real-World Choices (M)
What people label as ‘risky’ offers clues about how risk preferences work.
Category: Cognitive Psychology
10 Fascinating Ways Language Affects Mind & Body (P)
The surprising science behind how our brains process, learn, and respond to language.
The “F-Bomb” Advantage: Why Swearing Makes Us Stronger (M)
While it sounds socially inappropriate, it may be psychologically efficient.
How Daydreams About Strangers Change Our Feelings Towards Them (M)
We can learn from things we have only imagined because of neuronal similarities between memory and imagination.
Navigating Self-Discovery: How Therapy Expands The Internal World (M)
Therapeutic insight may depend on how the mind makes sense of its own internal terrain.
Why Foreign Languages Sound Like One Long Blur Of Sounds (M)
When listening to our native tongue, we hear a series of discrete words, but foreign words all blur together. Why?
How The Eyes Reveal If Someone Is About To Make A Bad Decision (M)
The role of the eyes and arousal in decision-making.
Overconfidence: The Widespread Illusion That Survives Even Perfect Feedback (M)
Chess players get constant feedback on their true skill levels, yet still overrate themselves.
10 Fascinating Cognitive Quirks: From Mind-Blanks & Blinks To Silent & Blind Minds (P)
Your mind is full of surprises — from blank moments to bizarre biases, psychology keeps uncovering how strange thinking really is.
How You Can Instantly Tell Which Way A Crowd is Looking (M)
Our brains are picking up the visual gist of the scene using a special process vision scientists call ‘ensemble coding’.
