Month: July 2022

Depression, Personality, and Everyday Function: Performance vs. Self-Reports

Imagine you’re trying to gauge how good someone is at cooking. Sure, you could ask the person themselves, or you could ask their close friends and family for their opinion. But wouldn’t it be more accurate to actually watch them cook? That’s the idea behind a study on older adults’ ability to perform instrumental activities […]

Published on July 22, 2022

Normal blindness: when we Look But Fail To See

Sometimes our eyes play tricks on us, making us miss important things that are right in front of us. Whether it’s a hidden gorilla in a video or a blatant typo in a document, our brains have a tendency to overlook these details. Recent studies have shed light on this phenomenon called ‘Looked But Failed […]

Published on July 22, 2022

Do the effects of activity on thinking differ depending on gender?

Imagine you have two teams preparing for a big race, one with all men and the other with all women. They’re both training hard, but are they getting the same benefits to their performance? Well, just like in this scenario, a recent study suggests that the effects of physical and mental activity on thinking skills […]

Published on July 22, 2022