Principles from cognitive science can help help in the design of more effective teaching materials for maths.

A big study accounting for genes and socioeconomic background suggests that video games actually cause children’s intelligence to grow.

Research shows that people with more flow in their lives had a higher sense of well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientists are beginning to explore what happens in the brain during flow.

Errors don’t necessarily mean your mind is faulty. They may actually be a sign of a cognitive system with limited capacity working efficiently.

Cognitive scientists are investigating the ways relative factors like new options and the order they're presented influence your choices and beliefs.

Cognitive shortcuts help you efficiently move through a complicated world. But they come with an unwelcome side effect: Facts aren't necessarily enough to change your mind.

Thinking of SARS-CoV-2 as an invisible enemy with an evil personality and humanlike motivations is a natural offshoot of the way people evolved to anthropomorphize so as not to overlook threats.