A member of our research community, Terhi Vessonen and her co-authors, looked into how different characteristics of mathematical word problem-solving tasks may influence elementary schooler’s ...

In a recent study from our research group, we looked into how different characteristics of mathematical word problem-solving tasks may influence elementary schooler’s performance. Mathematical word ...

Does it seem like everyone's talking about 'flow', all of a sudden? Maybe because many people are. Flow has been shown to help those experiencing it become effortlessly absorbed in a creative or ...

Adults in Germany are better than the international average at coping with problems in new and complex situations. However, this adaptive problem-solving skill depends more heavily on sociodemographic ...

Dementia describes a cluster of symptoms linked to an ongoing cognitive decline. One of the primary goals of dementia research is to uncover mechanisms and signs that could identify the condition as ...

Insight problem-solving is a creative cognitive process that involves overcoming mental impasses and discovering novel solutions. However, the neural mechanisms underlying insight, particularly in ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

When used in creative pursuits, generative AI helps people accomplish wonders. But when used in strictly business problem-solving contexts, it’s essentially a flop. That’s the word from Boston ...