Empathy: Can you put yourself in someone else’s shoes?
You’ve probably talked or heard about it, but do you really know the implications of empathy and its meaning? Empathy is much more than putting […]
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Food for depression: How your diet can help improve depression
Food for depression: Have you ever thought about the effects of your daily food intake on your health? Most likely you know by now that […]
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Brain based learning: What is it and how to apply it
What is brain based learning, and why it matters. Brain bases learning is a new perspective in teaching and learning that is based on using technology and knowledge of the […]
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Cognitive Reserve: What it is, Aging, Alzheimer’s and How To Improve It
We often talk about cognitive reserve when referring to someone who takes care of their brain health, who has the ability to decrease cognitive decline […]
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Learning Styles: What are They, Models and Discussion
Learning Styles. Learning is a massive part of everyone’s life. From childhood to adolescence, we go to school for hours daily to learn about various […]
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Brain Hemispheres: Everything you need to know
What are the functions of each brain hemispheres? What does each half of our brain do? Is it true that the left hemisphere is the […]
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Experimental Psychology: Learn everything about its history
The field of experimental psychology branches out into many various sub-fields and directions with people believing in various things. Even now scientists do not have a […]
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Evaluative Conditioning: The How and Why of Forming Opinions without Facts.
Have you ever wondered why we judge a book by its cover? Here, you will read about how and why we form first opinions without […]
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Sensory Memory: The Motor Behind Your Hidden Abilities
Can you see with your eyes closed? Can you hear someone’s voice, even when you’re alone? Have you ever traveled in time with a smell […]
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Cognitive Dissonance: How Does it Influence How We Think?
Most people try their best to keep their thoughts, perceptions, and beliefs consistent with what they experience on a daily basis. But in today’s constantly […]
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Technology in the Classroom: What Do Teachers Think?
Society is becoming ever more digital and connected. Almost every person interacts with some form of technology throughout the day. Young children are now more […]
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The Effects of Video Games: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Effects of video games. Growing up, video games were an inescapable part of life and were a large part of development and socialization. Pokemon, which was […]
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Alexithymia: Building Relationships Out of Nothing
Alexithymia. Understanding and expressing emotions are essential parts of human interaction that unfortunately may be confusing for some people. Imagine not being able to understand […]
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Help dyslexic children with the new CogniFit Professional tool.
Help dyslexic children with the new CogniFit Professional tool. Peer-reviewed research has shown that cognitive training with CogniFit boosts reading skills in dyslexic students. You can access […]
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young men have a strong cognitive advantage over young women
A new study by CogniFit finds that young men have a strong cognitive advantage over young women. New finding also shows that as men and women […]
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People’s memory for Facebook posts is stronger than memory for human faces
People’s memory for Facebook posts is strikingly stronger than their memory for human faces or sentences from books, according to a new study. Try to […]
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Urban jogging may be making you dumber
Urban jogging may be making you dumber. Dodging traffic and weaving through crowds aren’t the only obstacles urbanites face when trying to take their workout […]
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The Trouble With Background Noise
The Trouble With Background Noise. Everyday background noise, whether it is a neighbor’s television or passing aircraft, can have a disruptive effect on people’s cognition, […]
Continue reading »How the Internet is shaping our “global brain”. The South Africans have a beautiful philosophy called Ubuntu, which translates as “I am what I am […]
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