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  • 13 Feb 2024
    Gerd Gigerenzer

    The Intelligence of Intuition

    Intuition is an ultimate experience, beyond words: We know more than we can tell. This phenomenon upsets many who believe in rationality as a purely conscious activity. People often confuse intuition with a sixth sense or the arbitrary judgments of inept decision makers. But intuition is neither caprice nor irrationality; it is unconscious intelligence based […]

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  • 6 Dec 2023
    Amanda T. Abbott-Jones

    Cognitive and Emotional Study Strategies for Students with Dyslexia in Higher Education

    I am passionate about providing students who may struggle with their studies cognitive and motivational guidance by advising on suitable study skills strategies that are: practical, appropriate for how the individual learner processes information, and effective for helping the student overcome barriers connected to the University environment. My working experience as a specific learning difficulties […]

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  • 29 Nov 2023
    Adam Polnay, Rhiannon Pugh

    (Re)discovering the Basics of Therapy: A Continuing Process for Psychotherapists

    As clinicians involved in training and supervision, we have observed in others and ourselves how starting psychotherapy with a patient is often anxiety-provoking for both parties. This experience may leave new therapists in particular feeling de-skilled. Learning a new style of working can add to a feeling of being at sea. It is perfectly understandable […]

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  • 27 Nov 2023
    Feature image of green fields and windmills against a blue sky with puffy clouds. Blog #4 of the Psychology and its Antecedents series
    James F. Brennan, Keith A. Houde

    Psychology’s Voice in Environmental Advocacy

    Blog #4 in the ‘Psychology and its Antecedents’ series On October 16th in the United States, the Public Broadcasting Service premiered a new Ken Burns film, The American Buffalo. This program examines the story of the buffalo, or American Bison, from its emergence as a modern species about 10,000 years ago, at about the same […]

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  • 22 Nov 2023
    Laura Wray-Lake, Elan C. Hope, Laura S. Abrams

    How can we fight for racial justice? Lessons from Young Black Changemakers

    The events of 2020 are unforgettable. What do you most remember when you look back on this time? Surely, the COVID-19 pandemic comes to mind.

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  • 14 Sep 2023
    Ross A. Thompson

    HOW BRAIN DEVELOPMENT BECAME HEADLINE NEWS

    Science informs public understanding on everything from climate change to cancer treatments to child development. But how does it do so, and who determines what the public learns? Does science infiltrate public awareness from the work of science journalists reporting on new discoveries in places like the New York Times or the BBC? Or from the efforts of […]

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  • 16 Aug 2023
    Feature image showing statue of man for James F. Brennan's blog "Men, Masculinity, & Psychology"
    James F. Brennan

    Men, Masculinity, & Psychology

    Blog #3 in the, Psychology and its Antecedents, series Earlier this summer, several articles appeared in the New York Times about masculinity and how the concept and its expectations are evolving in our social interactions. Some of this interest was prompted by a book (Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs, Regnery Publishing, 2023) by a […]

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  • 7 Aug 2023
    Stephen K. Reed

    Turning Creativity Into Innovation

    I enjoy writing articles and books that integrate ideas, which resulted in my most recent book Encouraging Innovation: Cognition, Education, and Implementation. The first section of the book discusses the cognitive and social skills required for innovation – reasoning, problem solving, creativity, group decision making, and collaborative problem solving. The second section discusses education – […]

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