The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) is thought to be involved in regulating the cognitive control of goal-directed behaviour. Exactly how it does this, however, has been unclear, in part owing ...

In the UK, May 10-16th is mental health awareness week. This is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation and designed to raise the profile of mental health as an urgent and pressing challenge in society ...

Cognitive Load Theory provides a useful framework for understanding the different ways the pandemic could be playing havoc with your mental function. It seems ages since we started referring to life ...

Joseph is the Co-founder and CEO of Cultivate, building leadership development and future-of-work technology for the digital workforce. We have just witnessed one of the fastest digital ...

Cognitive load theory was used to generate a series of three experiments to investigate the effects of various worked example formats on learning orthographic projection. Experiments 1 and 2 ...

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It is usually assumed that successful problem solving in knowledge-rich domains depends on the availability of abstract problem-type schémas whose acquisition can be supported by presenting students ...

There’s a phrase that has haunted America for decades, one fraught with failure: “Breaking the cycle of poverty.” Despite the ongoing efforts of government and a host of private foundations, income ...

Cognitive fatigue manifests when the brain is overworked or stressed from prolonged periods of mental effort. This form of fatigue can impair attention, decision making, reaction times, and emotional ...