Is it possible to induce a mind-set that will affect relational thinking in a subsequent reasoning task involving unrelated materials? We investigated whether evaluating the validity of verbal ...

Berkeley psychologist Alison Gopnik showed kids a rectangular box that played music. Kids turned it on by placing the right pair of blocks on top. For some kids, any two different blocks would turn on ...

When it comes to getting out of a tricky situation, we humans have an evolutionary edge over other primates. Scientists have found mounting brain evidence that helps explain how humans have excelled ...

When it comes to getting out of a tricky situation, we humans have an evolutionary edge over other primates. Take, as a dramatic example, the Apollo 13 voyage in which engineers, against all odds, ...

Enterprises that grew up in a relational database world for business intelligence are trying to adapt that mindset to enterprise AI – and are stunting its potential, according to EYC3 managing partner ...

Conventional thinking says that conflict is bad for teamwork and should be kept out of the office, but putting individuals in a conflictual state of mind can enhance their creativity. The workplace ...

Leaders operate with near-constant deficits of time, energy, resources, and focus, which keeps them locked in a perpetual state of catch-up. This reality erodes quality contemplation. Although there ...