Hearing a sound while working on a complex puzzle, and then hearing it again during sleep, helped lucid dreamers better ...

The call I needed to make had nobody on the other end. I had people who cared about me—I just didn’t have the person who knew ...

Scientists have found a way to plant ideas in dreams to boost creativity in a move that could bring Inception-style 'dream ...

New research suggests that the distinctive cognitive traits associated with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, may provide a specific advantage in how people tackle creative challenges ...

Studies show that people-pleasing — when someone devalues their own ideas to uphold those of others — is more common in women than men. And the social pressure for girls to follow the status quo takes ...

Stakeholders in education, entrepreneurship and civil society have called for the early introduction of entrepreneurship ...

Using two newly developed types of reasoning tests, a team of researchers at UCL and UCLH has identified key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem-solving. The results will ...

Mathematicians excel at handling complexity and uncertainty. Mathematical reasoning strategies aren't just useful for dilemmas involving numbers. We can apply math mindsets to improve our approach to ...

Are there people in your life who like to boss you around? Perhaps it’s your manager or your partner or your son or daughter. Maybe a friend, a sibling, or a parent. Whoever you are, it’s likely to be ...

We meet Stephen Kaufman, who has spent 25 years architecting solutions on behalf of Microsoft. Stephen tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and how his first memory was of taking ...