As expected, older people identified faces as showing positive emotions more readily than younger people, while they were ...

Bodily functions rise and decline with age, and the brain is no exception. However, the exact trajectory of our brain ...

Joshua Rothman on cognitive behavioral therapy, which rests on an unlikely idea—that we can be rational after all. (Take that, Freud!) ...

This post revisits the classic dual processing view in cognitive science and proposes a new alignment that consists of two major systems and two types of cognitive processes.

An artificial intelligence-based machine learning model that diagnosed cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease extracted information more accurately than standard screening or human analysis ...

From the 1950s onward, psychologists have generally assumed that people possess a general need for cognitive consistency, whose frustration by an inconsistency elicits negative affect. We offer a ...

Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) explains how learning is influenced by the limited capacity of working memory. By understanding and managing different types of cognitive load, faculty can design more ...

A study of the neural effects of brain fog after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection shows neuroinflammation in a mouse model, identifies a candidate biomarker, and provides a framework for further study.

Jean Piaget was a trailblazer in the understanding of children’s cognitive development. Learn more about his theory here.