Cognitive distortions, or thinking errors, can take a toll on our mental health. Here are five such thinking patterns and ways to overcome them. We are all vulnerable to certain “thinking errors,” ...

In previous posts, I’ve written about the cognitive side of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The main technique involves identifying negative automatic thoughts and reframing those thoughts into ...

Why it matters: Critical thinking underpins decision-making, creativity, and problem-solving, yet modern challenges like AI ...

There are many books and articles about cognitive distortions—the ways of thinking that prevent us from accurately perceiving reality. These cognitive distortions are often discussed in the context of ...

Thinking errors, also called cognitive biases or cognitive distortions, are irrational patterns of thinking that can both cause, and be caused by, depression: the more depressed you feel, the more you ...

Cognitive offloading was strongly correlated with AI tool usage (r = +0.72) and inversely related to critical thinking (r = -0.75). Mediation analysis revealed that cognitive offloading partially ...

In any conversation about the cognitive effects of artificial intelligence, these two earlier technologies are reasonably ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cognitive errors like confirmation bias can lead to diagnostic inaccuracy in rheumatology. Misdiagnosis of ...

As we move through 2026, the landscape of puzzle-solving has shifted dramatically from simple leisure activity to a sophisticated tool for cognitive enhancement. Recent developments in meta-puzzle ...

As AI-driven workflows accelerate, employees are losing the uninterrupted cognitive space required, and burnout comes more ...

With so many artificial intelligence (AI) products on offer now, it’s increasingly tempting to offload difficult thinking tasks to chatbots, agents and other tools. As we chart this new technological ...