Inner speech represents a pervasive component of human cognition, interfacing language with thought to support a range of mental functions from problem-solving and memory retrieval to self-regulation.

Working memory is a critical cognitive system that temporarily maintains and manipulates information for complex tasks such as reasoning, learning, and decision-making. It functions as an interface ...

Your working memory, cognitive flexibility, and self-regulation are core components of executive function (EF), an interrelated set of mental skills that lay the foundation for advanced cognitive ...

Cognitive biases can pop up when your brain uses existing knowledge to make decisions quickly. In some cases, cognitive bias may lead you to make a snap judgment before thinking things through.

Lawyers strive for fairness and justice in every case they handle. However, the behavioral science research shows that human reasoning in legal contexts is inherently flawed and vulnerable to both ...

This post was co-authored with Professor John Vervaeke 1. Thinking, Fast and Slow is one of the great books written on cognition and decision making. In a clear and accessible fashion, it made popular ...