Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Part of the fascination that photography holds is its ability to unlock secrets kept even from ourselves. Like dreams, the photograph can… — Jack Welpott Copy Share Image
A willingness to engage in the give and take of argument displays a commitment to cognitive egalitarianism - the proposition that all… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
Busy people all make the same mistake: they assume they are short on time, which of course, they are. But time is… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
Rather, although belief may be adequate for explaining the behavior of individual animals - an animal which believes that p will behave… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
Reports that online cognitive behavioral treatment can be as effective as in-person psychotherapy suggest that technology will expand access, extend the impact… — Thomas R. Insel Copy Share Image
The first principle of cognitive therapy is that all your moods are created by your 'cognitions,' or thoughts. A cognition refers to… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
Coming from a background as unique as mine, the first challenge is being able to identify chaos as chaos. For the first… — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
The Freudian tradition will never completely die because it has a few good points. For example, people have motives and thoughts of… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
My feeling is that a human being or any complex organism has a system of cognitive structures that develop much in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis… — John O'Keefe Copy Share Image
Increased physical activity during the school day can help children's attention, classroom behavior, and achievement test scores. Meanwhile, the decline of play… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
Cognitive therapy is based on the idea that when you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
The fact that we have been able to develop a successful science, which issues in ever more accurate predictions and broader explanations,… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an… — Edmund Husserl Copy Share Image
Though we have been stuffing them into classrooms and cubicles for decades, our brains actually were built to survive in jungles and… — John Medina Copy Share Image
Frankly, I see a lot of little girls dressed in ways I think are not very appropriate. It's too much too soon,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Love is a cognitive, willful act. Feelings have very little to do with it, particularly around three o'clock in the morning when… — Kevin Leman Copy Share Image
I largely defer to the cognitive ethologists. I believe that the arguments that they make on this score are extremely persuasive. More… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
The cognitive structure does not generate consciousness; it simply reflects it; and in the process limits and embellishes it. In a fundamental… — Larry Dossey Copy Share Image
Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Every single day the world seems like it is on the brink of falling apart. But then I look outside my window,… — Moby Copy Share Image
I think for leadership positions, emotional intelligence is more important than cognitive intelligence. People with emotional intelligence usually have a lot of… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
So when you're talking about lyrics in the context of music, it's not just about what the words mean, and what you… — Mirah Copy Share Image
“Cognitive therapists focus on getting patients to see the glass as half-full rather than half-empty. Being positive has become rather a fetish.… — Gwyneth Lewis Copy Share Image
Social cognitive theory rejects the dichotomous conception of self as agent and self as object. Acting on the environment and acting on… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Of course, the toxic bullshit of incessant advertising and show biz for nearly a century has stripped us of cognitive abilities for… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
Sports is remarkably cognitive. I think it's underrated just how smart it is. Actually, if I had more time, I would spend… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Our contention is not that medication alone is the answer. We really need to have it in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy… — Patrick J. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Just as we may, through an appalled realization that we were unaware of what was going on in the mind of one… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
Every mutation through a new combination of genetic factors that provides the organism with a new opportunity for coming to terms with… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
Hardships of early human life favored the evolution of certain cognitive tools, among them the ability to infer the presence of organisms… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
When we multi-task, we are motivated by a desire to be more productive and more efficient. We're often doing things that are… — Linda Stone Copy Share Image
Just as man's physical existence was liberated when he grasped that 'nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed', so his consciousness will… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The neurological/cognitive symptoms are more characteristically variable than constant and often have a distinct fatiguing component to them. Especially common are cognitive… — Bruce M. Carruthers Copy Share Image
What I argue is that talk of knowledge plays an important role in theories within cognitive ethology. The idea is this. First,… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
I'm doing a lot of cognitive processing. I'm gathering research. I'm processing it. I'm arranging the data. I'm sorting out the narrative.… — David Mccandless Copy Share Image
One of the series I like is D.M. Cornish's 'Monster Blood Tattoo,' in which he creates a whole language. Kids who are… — Matthew Tobin Anderson Copy Share Image