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Cognitive Psychology
From hunter-gathers to desk jockeys, we work best when short, intense sessions are followed by lighter fare.
How Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky cracked open behavioral economics and enlightened all our choices.
Thinking of a number between one and ten? Here's how predictable human responses create the illusion of telepathy.
A perfect map is as useless as it is impossible to create.
In "Not Born Yesterday," author and cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier makes the case that misinformation is overrated — and other human foibles are underrated.
It's knowledgeable, confident, and behaves human-like in many ways. But it's not magic that powers AI though; it's just math and data.
Cognitive systems famously posited by psychologist Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) may hold the key to a more productive and focused work environment.
The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.
Is a repressed memory always so bad?
Our “embodied minds” suggest an eventual escape from mortality via computer is unlikely.
The road from Kant to modern cognitive psychology has taught us much about our mental filtering systems.
A new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.”
We will believe in AGI when it calls on Facetime.
Big Think recently spoke with behavioral scientist and author Katy Milkman about what really motivates us and steers our behavior.
The burial spot was found in one of the Herculaneum scrolls charred by Mt. Vesuvius.
Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction.
Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.
Beer before wine and you'll feel fine? Well, it depends.
Making up false information is one of the biggest problems with AI, but there are no silver-bullet solutions.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to "write off" a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.
People who have a regional accent might prefer robots who speak like them over generic voices.
To make a ton of information stick in your mind, you have to make it chunky.
Big Think spoke to the author of "The 5 Love Languages" about the popular relationship theory — and its lack of scientific support.
Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.
Big Think recently spoke with sleep psychologist Dr. Jade Wu about the surprising consequences of forgoing sleep.
Many still consider hypnosis more of a cheap magician’s trick than legitimate clinical medicine.