This post was co-authored with Professor John Vervaeke 1. Thinking, Fast and Slow is one of the great books written on cognition and decision making. In a clear and accessible fashion, it made popular ...

Bananas represent the reward and the crocodile represents the risk. The blue path is a low risk-low return decision, while the pink path is a high risk-high return decision. Life consists of infinite ...

Researchers led by Dr. W. David Hill at the University of Edinburgh have identified a significant genetic correlation between childhood cognitive function and longevity, providing the first molecular ...

Exposure to higher levels of light can help people feel more awake and increase cognitive performance, probably by influencing the activity of parts of a brain region called the hypothalamus, ...

Have you ever watched a presentation where the information was so dense and fast-paced that your brain struggled to keep up? Or perhaps you’ve been in a situation where you had to simultaneously ...

Key points Dual processing is a major model in cognitive psychology, popularized by the book Thinking, Fast and Slow. The dual processes are sometimes called System 1 and System 2 and sometimes Type 1 ...