Thinking Clearly and Analytically

A 20-year study published in February of 2026 has shown that one specific type of cognitive training can significantly reduce Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia diagnoses years later.

Last month, The Atlantic published an article with an alarming headline: ​“The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films.”​ The author of the ... Read more

I’m not sure how long it will take you to read this article. Maybe a few minutes. Maybe you take a little longer and give it a close read. Either way, I’m confident however long you take to read this will not come close to the amount of time it took me to write it. And that’s a good thing. That is…

For years, the nar­ra­tive sur­round­ing teenagers’ use of dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy has been one of alarm. Time spent scrolling through Tik­Tok or play­ing video games is wide­ly seen to be dri­ving the cur­rent cri­sis in youth men­tal health, fuelling ris­ing rates of anx­i­ety and depression. But our recent study sug­gests that this sim­ple sto­ry of cause and effect is not…

There are many tools that offer to help us focus – but very few are designed to do this in just a minute. BrainBlink is built just for this, with 60-second games on a pocket-sized device featuring real buttons and a link to players across the globe.

There are several science-based ways to boost your brain health. But this one might surprise you.

Discover lessons on how leaders can embody a GPS, providing direction while also retaining critical thinking and adaptability.

If you're after a free, simple boost for pushing through challenges, try swearing your way to your goals. A new study has uncovered the surprising psychological effect that cursing in the heat of the moment has – for the swearer, at least.

UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience

Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.

Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and back­ward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight. The extent of these changes was greater for those who spent longer in space. As NASA plans longer space mis­sions, and space trav­el…

Every day we har­ness our visu­ospa­tial skills for mul­ti­ple pur­pos­es, from solv­ing a jig­saw puz­zle to nav­i­gat­ing direc­tions in a new city or read­ing maps in our own city — even for rear­rang­ing furniture. There’s an impor­tant visu­ospa­tial skill, called men­tal rota­tion, that has to do with mov­ing spa­tial infor­ma­tion around in our head. A cou­ple…

AI has passed a new benchmark, scoring better than the average human on a recognized creativity test involving 100,000 people. But there's more to the story than the results, underpinning how difficult it is to put "creativity" in a measurable box.

You can't hit snooze on your brain.

No motivation? You’re not alone.

Neuroscience suggests that mastering the skill of metacognition will upgrade your brain and help you achieve your goals.

Here’s What Happens to Your Brain When Your Mind Goes Blank: Parts of it are basically taking a nap

The Thinking Tools improve the workers capacity to think beyond the content to applications in real-world environments. When fixing work issues, members get to utilize different available tools that enable analysis, critical thinking, assessments, visualization, pattern-seeking, learning from others, sharing work, and collaboration.

interview with Faisal Hoque on how his book Transcend helps leaders stay human, wise, and intentional as AI accelerates

New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

What does it mean to add value? Adding value arises not just from solving a problem, but from solving the right problem, in ways that no one expected, to arrive at an even better outcome. These kinds of solutions don’t come from our everyday ways of thinking. They come from expert thinking , critical thinking , strategic thinking , and systems thinking —skills that consistently make it on those ubiquitous lists of things leaders at every level have to be really good at to meet the challenges of the future. If you’re a leader looking for your company to add value for clients and customers, or a manager looking for ways your team can add value, you need to be building these skills in your people. The problem for many leaders and managers, however, is that when we use terms like expert, critical, strategic, or systems thinking, too often we don’t know when to apply or even how to define them. The authors explore these four distinct types of thinking skills in depth, including what they mean and when they should be used, along with some tips for using AI tools as a thinking partner.