Cognitive Psychology

Learning33 studies

• Learning 15
• Spaced Repetition 4
• Retrieval Practice 3
• Interleaved Practice 3

• Does choosing when to watch yourself help you learn a skill?
• Do we form habits from repetition or just our last action?
• Do food cues trigger actions more in obese than healthy-weight people?
• How do learning progress and novelty drive human curiosity?
• How does stress affect how we learn about safety and danger?
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Attention29 studies

• Selective Attention 6
• Long COVID Cognition 5
• Attention 11

• Can loading your vision stop your mind from wandering?
• Is breath counting a valid measure of mindfulness?
• Can a demanding visual task make us deaf to sounds?
• Long COVID patients react ~3 SD slower on a 30-second test
• How different types of memory load affect visual distraction
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Face processing25 studies

• Holistic Processing 3

• Do surgical masks make it harder to tell if two faces match?
• Do people from different cultures look at faces differently?
• Do face masks make it harder for children to recognise faces?
• Is being good with faces one ability or several?
• How to accurately spot 'super-recognizers' of faces
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Long-term memory24 studies

• Episodic Memory 9
• Embodied Cognition 6
• Memory Consolidation 7
• Reconsolidation 3

• Can playing Tetris reduce intrusive memories of trauma?
• How doorways and walls shape our long-term memories
• Does negative emotion disrupt how we bind memories together?
• Does 360-degree virtual reality improve memory testing?
• Is imagining scenes the common thread in memory and planning?
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Decision making21 studies

• Dual-Process Model 3
• Decision Making 8

• How We Learn Value While Making Quick Decisions
• Eye-Tracking the Split-Second Dynamics of Risky Choices
• Is our ability to judge our own minds general or task-specific?
• How difficulty processing emotions affects moral choices
• Does stress make us grab smaller rewards now instead of later?
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Working memory20 studies

• Working Memory 34
• n-back Task 4
• Visual Short-Term Memory 3

• What Is Working Memory Capacity?
• How do different hearing tests relate to our brain and daily life?
• Do different working memory tasks measure the same thing?
• Does brain stimulation reliably improve memory and attention?
• Can paying attention bring back forgotten visual memories?
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Numerical cognition20 studies

• Does maths anxiety drain working memory in middle-schoolers?
• Do we compare digits and dot clouds with the same mental system?
• Can seeing a small number nudge your hand to the left?
• How Genetics and Dopamine Affect Math Skills in Children
• Can We Do Number Research Online?
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Metacognition19 studies

• Signal Detection Theory 7
• Metacognition 6
• Metacognitive Efficiency 4

• Does knowing how well you're doing improve during adolescence?
• Can we train ourselves to judge our own minds better?
• Does our ability to judge our own performance decline as we age?
• Are We More Accurate at Judging Future or Past Decisions?
• Can people know they are right when they are guessing?
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Perception18 studies

• Are people with schizophrenia less fooled by visual context?
• Can brain stimulation at alpha rhythm blur how we see time?
• Do people prone to hallucinations expect to see faces in noise?
• Do people with schizophrenia see past visual 'surround' masking?
• Is a blind mind's eye also a deaf mind's ear?
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Executive function17 studies

• Executive Function 39

• Are stopping an action and ignoring distraction the same skill?
• Do 'hot' and 'cool' self-control develop differently in teens?
• Do children struggle with memory demands or physical self-control?
• Does screen time at age two predict toddlers' executive function?
• Do flanker and Simon tasks really measure self-control?
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Creativity11 studies

• Does being mindful help or hurt creative problem solving?
• Does music boost creativity by stirring up emotions?
• Do two creativity tests tap the same thinking process?
• Does walking a free path make people more creative?
• How Sex Differences in Creativity Shift Over Time
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Cognitive bias7 studies

• State Anxiety 3
• Contingency Learning 3
• Cognitive Bias 6

• Do gamblers have a general bias in perceiving control?
• Why exciting pictures look more complicated than they are
• Does AI anxiety erase gender gaps in AI attitudes?
• How cultural values shape our sense of personal control
• Does a brief workout reduce anxiety, depression, and negative thinking?
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Skill & expertise7 studies

• Does starting music lessons early really make better musicians?
• Do fingerprint experts see prints as a whole, like we see faces?
• Does being good at using cues help you learn new skills faster?
• Does the music genre you play change how you hear the beat?
• Does working memory still matter for expert soccer decisions?
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Spatial cognition6 studies

• Do sex and menstrual cycle phase change how people navigate and find words?
• Do fearful faces make it harder to find your way?
• Do people stick to one way of giving directions across tasks?
• Do compasses or distant mountains help people learn a new place?
• Do children remember a route better if they plan it themselves?
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