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Brain Training: Practice Keeps You Fit

Commercials on the importance of training your brain are nearly a daily occurrence nowadays. A world without ... of several women showed that all had reached a severe stage of Alzheimer’s (Scarmeas and Stern, 2003). Interestingly, however, a ... excellent verbal skills may therefore very well have weak memory capabilities (Stern et al., 2005). In summary, intelligence is a ... / more

The Ghost in the System: Where Free Will Lurks in Human Minds

... that implicated them in wrong-doing in what was one of the greatest accounting scandals in United States history. Company staff fed ... how one should act. In so doing, Attractors set the stage for a host of (deterministic) mechanisms that generate a rich and dynamic ... / more

Creativity is More Than a Trait: It’s a Relation

... is dressed in, it has apparently captured the awareness of countless authorities for educational, economical, governmental and last but ... (c) insight or illumination and (d) verification. This stage model of  creativity  is still quite popular in pragmatic approaches ... / more

Evolution of Religion

... on your background or your personal situation, each of these might prime you with anxiety, or with comfort. Equally so, wars have ... frankly, it is not even in our interest to do so at this stage. Thus, we will not engage in any such theological arguments. Moreover, we ... / more

A Mind For Numbers. How To Excel At Math And Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra).

... all the new concepts. I was glad to find out that the author of  “A Mind For Numbers. How To Excel At Math And Science (Even If You ... connections have to appear and to get stronger. For this stage, it is good to invest time and focused attention in trying to thoroughly ... / more

Asking Children to Talk About Abuse: Can Research Help Improve Police Interviewer Skills?

... abuse cases often lack corroborative evidence in the form of injuries, DNA or direct witness observations. Instead, the most ... continues with a rapport building and interview practice stage where the interviewer tries to familiarize the child with the interview ... / more

The Effect of Acute Stress on Memory: How It Helps and How It Hurts

Although we often perceive the effect of stress negatively, research suggests that stress effects are not always ... have contrasting effects on memory depending on the stage of memory in which it occurs. The first two stages, encoding and ... / more

Is there an art center in our brain? That’s bananas!

... already reviewed and is published in the German version of In-Mind. When the artist Maurizio Cattelan unveiled his ... park, or choosing a T-shirt for the day. At this stage, many things can influence whether or not we like artworks and everyday ... / more

Thinking gold: the link between cognition and performance in olympic athletes

... With this article, we will provide insights into state-of-the-art research on the cognition-performance link in sports, focusing on ... striving for peak performance on the world’s greatest stage, high levels of individualized preparation are crucial because subtle ... / more

Psychological Aspects of Elite Performance in New Olympic Disciplines: The Case of Climbing

... Angeles 2028. This article provides an up-to-date overview of the relevant psychological aspects of climbing that are important for ... in achieving optimal, sustained performance at the Olympic stage. Bibliography [1] A. B. Morrison and V. R. Schöffl, ... / more