Whether you realize it or not, creative thinking is something even the most conventional thinkers engage in every day. Researchers say creativity can be enhanced by reinterpreting frustrating situations.
Children removed from institutional care and placed into well-supported foster care by the age of three had changes in brain areas that support high-order problem-solving by age 16. In those who were placed in supportive foster care, brain areas associated with emotional processing, language, and executive function developed typically. However, this pattern was altered in those deprived of family-based care.
Rather than spending your free time browsing through social media or staring at your cell phone, researchers suggest taking a moment to just sit and think. Spending time alone with your thoughts can help problem-solving, enhance creativity, and improve overall well-being.
Study explores how the brain utilizes learning by inference by generating cognitive maps.
Zebra finches have stable personality traits and some of the traits enabled the birds to come up with innovative solutions to complex foraging tasks, a new study reports.
Pure free exploration may not be the most efficient route to solving a complex problem or learning, a new study reports.
Researchers have identified a neural mechanism that supports advanced cognitive functions such as planning and problem-solving. The mechanism distributes information from a single neuron to larger neural populations in the prefrontal cortex.
In terms of general intelligence, rocket scientists and brain surgeons are no smarter than the general population, researchers report.
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be used to modulate brain rhythms and cognitive behaviors related to "giving up" during problem-solving tasks.
The cognitive map allows people to compute on the fly with limited information to solve abstract problems.
Knowing when your train of thought is off track is central to finding the correct answer while problem-solving.
Study provides a new framework for investigating and formalizing the cognitive processes behind how humans use tools.
