The brain's ability to adapt and form new neural connections allows it to recover from injury and maintain cognitive function into old age. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt and ...

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 ...

How we process the world—absorbing, interpreting, and responding to our surroundings—is never a one-way street. No two people ...

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Cognitive reappraisal is a strategy for everyday living in which a person deliberately aims to modify their emotional response to experience by changing their thoughts. It involves evaluating an ...

Cognitive impairment is a common but often overlooked symptom of schizophrenia. From difficulties in social settings to remembering how to take the bus to work, decreased cognitive function can ...

This post is part two in a series. Co-authored with Faye Cormick, Ph.D.candidate. In our previous post, we looked at what cognitive diversity is, why it matters, the neuroscience behind it, and the ...