In this post, cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham asks and answers these questions. Willingham is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992.

Memories are constantly revised in acts of recollection. They are moulded by new information, beliefs and emotions, and other ...

Cognitive psychology gained popularity in the 1950s to 1970s as researchers became more interested in how thinking affects behavior. This period is called the "cognitive revolution" and ...

A list of thought-provoking psychology books that can decode how your brain really works and can also cover behaviour, bias, ...

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” (Paradise Lost, Book 1, 247). “Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill ...

Healthy functioning of the mitochondria is, according to Dave Asprey, incredibly important for preventing cognitive dysfunction, diabetes, pain, inflammation, and aging, and achieved by reducing ...

A psychology book by a Nobel Prize-winning author has become a must-read in front offices. It is changing the sport. By Joe Lemire Everett Teaford remembers the curious gaze from the executive ...

The core problem with psychology is conceptual. This blog examines the problem with the term cognitive and explains how to best think about the term.

But Rabbit is far from the only children’s book using psychology. The following books all use well-established psychological methods, from cognitive behavioral therapy to deep breathing, to help ...