Moderate Levels of Stress Enhance Learning, While High Levels of Stress Impair Learning
A number of studies have examined how stress affects learning and memory, but the literature has shown mixed results.
Category: Cognitive Psychology
Why Should I Forgive? Forgiveness Helps You Forget and Move On
Why should you forgive someone for being unfair? In fact, research shows that forgiveness can enhance psychological well-being, physiological health, and spiritual well-being (Noreen et al., 2014).
4 Ways Mindfulness Meditation Improves Well-Being
This post describes four main components through which mindfulness meditation works. If you ever wondered why mindfulness is so effective in improving personal well-being, you might want to continue your reading.
Even A Fish Can Learn (Aquarium Experiment of Classical Conditioning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH5b4zpCQ8s This short video shows how my aquarium fish learned to associate food with the sound of a feeder through classical conditioning.
Does Confidence in Your Memory Mean That You Are Correct?
Confidence in one’s memory is generally believed to be a sign of memory accuracy, but this is not always the case. Some studies have shown a high correlation between confidence and accuracy, while others have shown little to no correlation.
15 Cognitive Biases that Prevent Us From Thinking Rationally
When we make decisions or judgments, we often use mental shortcuts. The purpose of mental shortcuts is to ease the “cognitive load” of making decisions. Mental shortcuts are helpful because they allow us to make quick decisions, but sometimes they result in “thinking errors” or so-called cognitive biases. We should
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The Brain’s Reward System: Is Dopamine the Only ‘Feel Good’ Chemical?
Much evidence has associated dopamine with the brain’s reward system. For this reason, dopamine has been called the “feel good” or pleasure chemical. Stimulation of the neurotransmitter, dopamine, makes us feel good.
The Impact Bias: Why We Overestimate the Emotional Impact of Future Events
People often overestimate the intensity and duration of their emotional reactions to future events. This tendency is called the impact bias, which is just one of many cognitive biases. Because of the impact bias, people fail to make the right decisions about their emotional reactions to
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