Theory: The dreads and dangers of abstract thinking are a big reason why we now all like to stay so busy and bombarded with stimuli all the time. Abstract thinking tends most often to strike during ...

When you can connect ideas, see beyond the obvious, and imagine hypothetical scenarios, you're using a skill known as abstract thinking. Also known as abstract reasoning, it involves the ability to ...

Asking “why” and conjuring up possible answers is an important thinking process. It gives rise to some of the most beautiful states of mind, such as curiosity and imagination. These psychological ...

While we’ve become increasingly reliant on metrics for design decisions, there is something more powerful in human creativity: the art of mental stargazing and the hidden currents of our intuition.

The need to understand causality is a powerful motivator. As a result, causal uncertainty, or the sense of not knowing why something happened, can lead to negative psychological consequences and thus ...

The Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) and Miami University’s College of Education, Health, and Society (EHS) and College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) have partnered to make a new series ...

Partisans beware! Some of your most cherished political attitudes may be malleable! Researchers report that simply answering three "why" questions on an innocuous topic leads people to be more ...