Why Our Brains Love Round Numbers: Uncertainty Drives the Rounding Habit
A new study in Current Psychology shows that people round their estimates to multiples of five precisely when their confidence ...
Tag: metacognition
Why We Trust Unreliable Sources: The Brain Distorts Stated Reliability When Deciding
A new PLOS Computational Biology study shows that people distort explicit reliability labels when making decisions, letting even sources flagged ...
Feeling Right Is Rewarding: How Inner Confidence Steals Your Brain’s Visual Resources
New research shows that the brain treats internal confidence as a reward, using reinforcement learning to divert limited visual processing ...
Confidence, Mindfulness and Worry Beliefs Shape How Medical Students Read to Learn
A cross-sectional study of 380 Iranian medical sciences students finds that general self-efficacy, mindfulness, and planning-focused emotion regulation are positively ...
Why Worrying About Worry Holds Back Amateur Footballers, Study Finds
A Norwegian survey of 150 footballers finds that amateur players suffer significantly more competitive anxiety than elites, and that beliefs ...
Digital Learning Tools Boost Metacognition on Average, Major Meta-Analysis Finds
A three-level meta-analysis of 33 studies finds that technology-supported educational interventions are associated with moderately higher metacognitive outcomes, though the ...
How Students Feel About Their Feelings Varies by Degree, Not by Year
A study of 460 Peruvian undergraduates found that emotional metacognition did not differ by academic year but showed modest variation ...
Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Physician’s Case for Mindful Attention in Medicine
A personal essay in the Journal of General Internal Medicine describes how years of Zen meditation transformed one pediatrician's ability ...
How the Brain’s Control Systems Shape the Way We Manage Our Emotions
A new study of 246 Brazilian adults finds that executive functions and metacognition are uncorrelated, yet each independently predicts distinct ...
Through Crayons and Play, Preschoolers Reveal How They Really Learn a Second Language
A mini-ethnographic study of six Arabic- and Russian-speaking preschoolers learning Hebrew in Israel used play and art to reveal children's ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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