The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people are averse to inconsistencies within their own minds. It offers one explanation for why people sometimes make an effort to adjust their ...

It involves evaluating an emotionally charged situation from a different perspective than what comes automatically to mind. Cognitive reappraisal is used to counter habitual—and often negative ...

If we take the theory of extended cognition seriously, we can understand Google’s changes, like renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, as problematically undermining our autonomy. In a sense ...

What this statistical approach to text and image generation ... and Koplewitz applied a series of tests that include the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a tool neurologists commonly use ...

These improvements encompassed crucial skills such as attention control, cognitive flexibility, and social perspective-taking, LA Post reports Dr. Lucina Uddin, professor of Psychiatry and ...

The rise of cognitive computing promises to deliver a new era of humans and machines working side-by-side, but don't believe everything you see in the movies. Most people are familiar with the ...