Thinking Clearly and Analytically

In each step of the RED Model of Critical Thinking, the key is to ask questions.  Asking questions helps us look more deeply at the issue, break it into parts, find blind spots and lack of data, and make the best choice.

Imagined practice may activate the same neural circuits as real experience
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There seems to be wide support for the idea that we are living in an “age of complexity”, which implies that the world has never been more intricate.

Everyone wants to hire strong critical thinkers, but what’s the best way to go about doing so? Assessments? Reference checks? Interview questions?

Words are stored in the tem­po­ral lobe of your brain (in green on the cerebral cortex image  to the left). But on which brain hemisphere, right or left? As you know, your brain has two sides (two hemi­spheres) con­nected by the cor­pus cal­lo­sum.

Neuroimaging reveals how the brain’s reward and memory pathways prime inquiring minds for knowledge
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Board games and logic puzzles are two ways high school students can boost their analytical skills.

In a series of experiments on choices between sure amounts of money and various kinds of gambles, researchers found that three-person groups are both less averse to ambiguity and less inclined to seek it — in other words, are more neutral about...

Outstanding creativity in all domains may stem from shared attributes and a common process of discovery
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