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How to increase your attention span
Cognitive Psychology

5 Ways to Increase Your Attention Span

March 7, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

Have you ever wished that you could increase your attention span? It happens to the best of us. You’re sitting in class or in a meeting and you suddenly find yourself daydreaming, losing focus, and […]

Does exercise make you smarter
Cognitive Psychology

Does Exercise Make You Smarter?

March 5, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

We all know that regular exercise is good for your body, but there is a growing body of evidence that physical activity is also good for your brain. In recent years, a number of studies […]

Robbers Cave Experiment
Social Psychology

The Robbers Cave Experiment: Realistic Conflict Theory

February 28, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

During the summer of 1954, 22 boys between the ages of 11 and 12 arrived at a 200 acre camp at the Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma for what they believed was just a […]

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Psychology Education

7 Great TED Talks About Psychology

February 28, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

One of the best ways to learn about psychology is to listen to some of the world’s greatest experts talk about their research. In this selection of TED Talks about psychology, the popular video lecture […]

Margaret Floy Washburn
History of Psychology

Margaret Floy Washburn: A Biography of Her Life

February 27, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

Margaret Floy Washburn was an important early psychologist who is notable for being Edward B. Titchener’s very first graduate student. Like other women psychologists of her time, she faced considerable discrimination in the pursuit of […]

Christine Ladd-Franklin
History of Psychology

Christine Ladd-Franklin: A Biography of Her Life

February 27, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

Christine Ladd-Franklin was a pioneering American woman psychologist and mathematician. Though she completed a dissertation at John Hopkins University, the school would not grant women doctorate degrees at that time. Among her accomplishments, she was […]

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Psychologists

10 Signs You Might Be the Next Sigmund Freud

February 27, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

Do you enjoy psychoanalyzing the people around you? Does interpreting dreams sound like fun? Are you inspired by the work and theories of Sigmund Freud? Here is a tongue-in-cheek list of a few signs that […]

Bias blind spot
Cognitive Psychology

Bias Blind Spot: Are You Blind to Your Own Biases?

February 22, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

You probably realize that there are subtle cognitive and motivation biases that influence your perceptions and decisions. Yet if you are like most people, you also tend to notice those biases more in other people […]

Learning how to make better decisions
Cognitive Psychology

How to Make Better Decisions: 4 Science-Backed Tips

February 21, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

All of us make bad decisions from time to time. The judgments and choices you make each day, no matter how big or how small, are all influenced by a wide variety of biases, prejudices, […]

Think like an athlete
Motivation

Olympic Psychology: How to Think Like an Athlete

February 16, 2018 Kendra Cherry 0

While Olympians often make it look easy, becoming a gold-medal athlete takes years of training – both mental and physical. What can you do to think like an athlete? These athletes have developed a mindset […]

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