Biases are reinforced in fast thinking. Learn to slow down on purpose. The more you think slowly, reflect on your thoughts, ...

What to Do Instead: Pay attention to when your thinking starts to get repetitive or negative. When you notice rumination, make yourself break the cycle. Get up and do something else: Go for a walk ...

A new study identifies a brain activity pattern that signals self-preoccupied thinking, a trait associated with anxiety and depression.

Dr. Leaf often suggests asking "5 Whys" to dig deeper into the root cause. How it helps: This step encourages deep intellectual thinking, challenging the thought and making it vulnerable to change.

A new study links repetitive negative thinking (RNT) to poorer cognitive function in older Chinese adults, raising questions about how certain thought patterns may impact brain health.

Traditional diversity training programs show limited effectiveness because they fail to address the neurobiological roots of ...

People tend to be self-preoccupied. Self-interest is good when it ensures that one's needs are met, but it can also be ...

Recurrent features of the thinking pattern (or mind-set) of violent militant extremists are delineated, discussed, and related to previous research and theory. We examined extremist groups from a ...

Isabelle Demonty, Joëlle Vlassis, Annick Fagnant, Algebraic thinking, pattern activities and knowledge for teaching at the transition between primary and secondary school, Educational Studies in ...