New research led by the University of St Andrews has shown that children perform cognitive tasks faster on their own in ...

New research adds evidence that learning a successful strategy for approaching a task doesn't prevent further exploration, even if it reduces performance.

In short, we do what they do. This theory is also known as social cognitive theory. Social learning theory, developed by psychologist Albert Bandura, uses theories of classical and operant ...

Research in cognitive science and psychology is generating new insights into how we learn. Below, educational consultant and writer David Didau explores some key theories about learning – as ...

When animals and humans explore their surrounding environment or complete specific tasks, their brains simultaneously support both their mental (i.e., cognitive) processes and physical movements. For ...

Research in applied cognitive and brain sciences takes a use-inspired approach to cognitive neuroscience. The psychology department houses a number of renown experts and labs that focus on cognitive ...

Enke, Benjamin, Uri Gneezy, Brian Hall, David Martin, Vadim Nelidov, Theo Offerman, and Jeroen van de Ven. "Cognitive Biases: Mistakes or Missing Stakes?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21 ...

How the brain feels about the world around it is the subject of a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...