Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology dedicated to studying how people think. The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how the interactions of thinking, emotion, creativity, and ...

This is the story of my all-time favorite psychology study, with enormous implications for what it means to be human. Setting: Early 1970s, campus of Princeton University in New Jersey. Two behavioral ...

An examination of nearly 350 published psychological experiments found that nearly half failed to show that they were based on a valid foundation of empirical evidence, suggesting that a wide swath of ...

Pop psychology tends to portray all stable behaviours as habitual, as well as implying that forming new habits will always lead to positive long-term change. New analysis by Surrey researchers argues ...