Thinking Clearly and Analytically

Seductive Details can have a negative impact on learning. But at times they can help, sparking curiosity. We asked Dr Kripa Sundar how to find the balance.

A decision journal helps you collect accurate and honest feedback on what you were thinking at the time you made the decision.

A new study has shown, for the first time, what many of us have long felt: that observing grammar mistakes can trigger negative physical reactions, including one that stems from the part of our sympathetic nervous system that initiates the fight or flight response.

A CDC report published Thursday found the percentage of adults reporting current long COVID fell from 7.5% in June 2022 to 6% in June 2023.

When you head to your week­ly yoga class or lift weights at the gym, you’re doing some­thing good for your phys­i­cal health: get­ting more fit today, and so pro­tect­ing your body into the future. What you may not always think about, though, is that you’re also pro­tect­ing your­self from anx­i­ety and depression—about as much as […]

Becoming a logical person is not just a matter of memorizing and applying formulas, or learning how to tell the difference between a valid and an invalid syllogism. Rather, it involves cultivating intellectual habits and skills that, though they may seem simple and obvious, are only achieved after years of struggle and education.
In his book Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking, venerable philosophy professor D.Q. McInerny lays out the following 10 habits that people must cultivate if they are to think clearly and effectively:

Learning to think logically is an essential skill that can benefit you in many areas of your life, including problem-solving, decision-making, and creativity.

Great leaders put several kinds of tools in the leadership toolbox. Learn how brain insight can improve your leadership.

With the incidence of dementia on the rise, it’s important for older adults to do what they can to prevent or delay the onset of the disease. A new study has found that some everyday activities are more beneficial than others in maintaining brain health.

A common piece of developmental feedback is the need to move from tactical to strategic thinking. But what does that look like? The author, who has coached thousands of leaders to help develop their strategic thinking capabilities, has identified three core behaviors to work on: acumen (thinking), allocation (planning), and action (doing).

Most people can draw from tens of thousands of words in their memory within milliseconds. Studying this process can improve language disorder treatment and appreciation of the gift of communication.

Several years after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers still face plenty of unanswered questions. For example, we know COVID is associated with a variety of neurological symptoms, both short- and long-term, but it still isn’t entirely clear whether these…

Help leaders improve mental wellness in the workplace by looking beyond common leadership and emotional intelligence training.

Critical thinking “requires us to give a second thought to our own interpretations” as we’re making a decision or trying to understand a given situation, says Constance Dierickx, a clinical psychologist. We'll expand on the definition of critical thinking and offer ways to improve your skills.

Critical thinking skills allow you to analyze a situation and find workable solutions. This article provides tips to identify and showcase your critical thinking skills.

There is no free lunch when it comes to tricky decisions; you have to do the thinking.

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Neu­rotech­nolo­gies – devices that inter­act direct­ly with the brain or ner­vous sys­tem – were once dis­missed as the stuff of sci­ence fic­tion. Not anymore. Sev­er­al com­pa­nies are try­ing to devel­op brain-com­put­er inter­faces, or BCIs, in hopes of help­ing patients with severe paral­y­sis or oth­er neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­or­ders. Entre­pre­neur Elon Musk’s com­pa­ny Neu­ralink, for exam­ple, recent­ly received […]

A new study has found that contrary to popular scientific belief, remembering an event drives the production of memory-related brain waves more than actually engaging in the event does. The finding could improve the treatment of memory loss in people with brain damage or cognitive impairments.

Two in five people overthink something at least once a day. Are you one of them? Read this for my tried and tested methods for overcoming overthinking.