How you think about the events and people in your life can either help you reframe things in more positive ways that help you cope or take you down a rabbit hole of negative thinking and feeling bad ...

Could creativity be as simple as following templates? In 1914 psychologist Wolfgang Köhler embarked on a series of studies about chimpanzees and their ability to solve problems. He documented the ...

Cognitive distortions, or thinking errors, can take a toll on our mental health. Here are five such thinking patterns and ways to overcome them. We are all vulnerable to certain “thinking errors,” ...

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone’s everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research ...

There's a line of thought that equates intelligence with “pattern recognition.” How do you stack up on this unique cognitive ...

A new study links repetitive negative thinking (RNT) to poorer cognitive function in older Chinese adults, raising questions about how certain thought patterns may impact brain health. Researchers ...

“Lots of things have patterns, patterns can be neat. Patterns have an order, an order that repeats.” Patterns are all around us. A pattern is when objects, events, or steps repeat in a predictable way ...