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Much of What You Know About Groupthink Is Wrong
Everyone knows the concept of groupthink. A tightly knit and overconfident set of decision makers form an insular echo chamber, fail to see the big picture, and end up making disastrous decisions. By now, most
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Apparently There Are 4 Kinds of Introversion
It’s hard to believe now, but introversion was once a mostly misunderstood personality trait. Now, it’s the subject of countless books and articles and listicles (and, more recently, parodies of listicles). And as more regular
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Creativity And Diversity: How Exposure To Different People Affects Our Thinking
There is great comfort in the familiar. It’s one reason humans often flock to other people who share the same interests, laugh at the same jokes, hold the same political views. But familiar ground may
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“The Benefits of Humble Pie“ by C. Nathan DeWall and “Teaching Sleep to the Sleep-Deprived“ by David G. Myers.
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Tversky Proposes ‘Audacious’ Theory of Spatial Thinking
In Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought APS Immediate Past-President Barbara Tversky takes a wide-ranging look at the connection between movement and thinking.
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Controlling Our Thoughts Is Harder Than It Seems
Research shows that even when we think we’ve successfully suppressed a thought, its traces may still linger outside conscious awareness.
