Cognitive Psychology

Attention18 studies

• Selective Attention 6

• Can loading your vision stop your mind from wandering?
• Is breath counting a valid measure of mindfulness?
• How different types of memory load affect visual distraction
• How does the brain of a gaming addict react to game words?
• Does Mind-Body Exercise Help Attention in Older Adults?
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Working memory14 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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Long-term memory13 studies

• Episodic Memory 9
• Embodied Cognition 6

• 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?
• Do stories help us link memories of distant events?
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Learning12 studies

• 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?
• Does childhood stress make us more prone to rigid habits?
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Decision making11 studies

• Dual-Process Model 3

• 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
• How do emotions and bodily awareness affect impulsive choices?
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Metacognition7 studies

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

• 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?
• Does our self-awareness change as we grow older?
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Cognitive bias6 studies

• State Anxiety 3
• Contingency Learning 3

• Do gamblers have a general bias in perceiving control?
• Why exciting pictures look more complicated than they are
• How cultural values shape our sense of personal control
• Does a brief workout reduce anxiety, depression, and negative thinking?
• Do simplified animated science summaries mislead viewers?
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Face processing5 studies

• Holistic Processing 3

• How to accurately spot 'super-recognizers' of faces
• Do masks and sunglasses impair age guessing and face recognition?
• Can we sense familiarity in faces covered by masks or sunglasses?
• How do East Asians perceive facial expressions?
• How does our ability to detect faces change as we grow up?

Perception4 studies

• Is a blind mind's eye also a deaf mind's ear?
• How is aphantasia measured, and is it always the same?
• How do we tell our own voice apart from others?
• How Hunger Changes What We See

Numerical cognition3 studies

• How Genetics and Dopamine Affect Math Skills in Children
• Can We Do Number Research Online?
• How Walking in Circles Affects Math Performance

Executive function2 studies

• Executive Function 39

• Do children struggle with memory demands or physical self-control?
• Do different types of executive function tests predict school success?

Creativity2 studies

• How Sex Differences in Creativity Shift Over Time
• Does self-control help or hinder children's creativity?