What makes us who we are? Is it our personal choices, or the traditions quietly passed down through generations? Psychology often asks these questions through theories of identity, memory, and ...

Remembrance Day is about looking back. It’s about a collective memory of war, sacrifice and reflection. But today, conflict ...

Two University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers, at either end of their careers, have received Royal Society Te ...

The achievement gap in reading is evident by students’ first year of school, according to a new study – making early ...

Short periods of fasting don’t seem to hamper thinking ability in healthy adults, according to a large new research review.

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Teachers loved to offer well-meaning advice and nuggets of wisdom to guide you, but often missed the mark entirely. Whether ...

Some interests give people the idea that you think you're superior, even if that's not what you intended at all.

Optical illusions have fascinated scientists, psychologists, and artists for centuries because they reveal one simple truth ...

By contrast, long-term memory is the system that stores information more permanently, allowing us to recall events, facts and skills even years later. But transferring information from short-term to ...

The ways you naturally choose to spend your free time might reveal more about your cognitive abilities than any test ever could.