Here at the end of the Fall-2015 semester, I have been reflecting on my students one-new-thought papers. To set-up those papers, I ask students to describe the one-new-thought about interpersonal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the ongoing pursuit by psychology ...

This semester, I am teaching a graduate class in cognitive psychology, and we are beginning our journey with E. Bruce Goldstein’s The Mind: Consciousness, Prediction, and the Brain. The book is an ...

Females, on average, are better than males at putting themselves in others' shoes and imagining what the other person is thinking or feeling, suggests a new study of over 300,000 people in 57 ...

The concept of theory of mind (ToM) encompasses the ability to understand and attribute mental states—including beliefs, intentions and emotions—to oneself and others. In the context of aging, ...

Imagine you are about to confront a friend about a hurtful comment she made and are trying to predict her response. Depending on what you know about your friend, you might infer that she will ...