Spaced repetition serves as a memory enhancement technique that markedly boosts retention by distributing study periods over a longer duration. In contrast to cramming, which often results in rapid forgetting, spaced repetition enables individuals to forge more lasting memories with greater efficiency. Utilizing applications such as Anki, which is open source and facilitates synchronization across […]

**Assessing Response Times: A Timeless Pursuit in Cognitive Psychology** Response times have served as a fundamental metric in grasping cognitive functions since the late 1800s, even prior to psychology’s establishment as a formal scientific field. These evaluations remain vital in cognitive psychology research, yielding valuable insights into the complexities of human thought processes. The renowned […]

John Bargh’s book “Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do,” reviewed in “The Psychologist,” delves into the hidden factors influencing human behavior. Bargh, a distinguished social psychologist celebrated for his innovative experiments, investigates how motivations, objectives, habits, background, and surroundings subtly direct actions. His well-known studies, such as priming students […]

The occurrence of belief superiority, in which individuals perceive their opinions as more valid than those of others, frequently causes them to overrate their knowledge and to overlook chances for additional learning. This fascinating concept was investigated in a sequence of experiments by Michael Hall and Kaitlin Raimi, published in the Journal of Experimental Social […]

Open Science Fundamentals in 2 Minutes, Section 4 Prior to the publication of a research paper in a journal, you have the option to make it accessible for free to everyone. You can do this on your own site, or you may opt to utilize a preprint server, like psyarxiv.com, where fellow researchers also publish […]