There's a line of thought that equates intelligence with “pattern recognition.” How do you stack up on this unique cognitive ...

Traditionally, perception and cognition have been considered distinct domains of psychological science. Perception was understood to be the raw data collector—our sensory touchpoint with the external ...

The study of cognitive dynamics and perceptual systems elucidates how our minds integrate spatial and temporal information to facilitate perception, action, and decision-making. Researchers have ...

Cognitive penetration is the assumption that non-sensory factors influence sensory perception at the core level of sensory processing, thus generating or modifying the contents of perception. However, ...

To solve a truly maddening problem, sometimes all you need is another person to bounce ideas back and forth with. After agonizing over details for hours, a thought partner can help you iron out the ...

We will show how to combine large scale neural recordings and mechanistic neural network models to advance our conceptual understanding of how neural circuits mediate cognitive functions like ...

Study reveals that older adults with positive expectations about aging report better cognitive health and less perceived decline. Study: Just as expected? Older adults’ aging expectations are ...

Although human existence is enveloped by ideologies, remarkably little is understood about the relationships between ideological attitudes and psychological traits. Even less is known about how ...

Getting older brings certain expectations, from gray hair and wrinkles to more bouts of forgetfulness. While these beliefs may seem harmless, whether a person views these changes in a positive or ...

The fictitious storybook character Dr. Doolittle was known for talking with animals. Caroline DeLong, an assistant professor of psychology at Rochester Institute of Technology, is a real-life ...