This is the home page for free educational tools useful in Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience classes. It includes free access to materials for students, educators, and researchers in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience.

Follow-up exercise: Ask students to perform the Tower of Hanoi exercise. Ask how they learned the task and how they approached the problem. What helped them to become expert at the task?

Thinker is an excellent resource intended to assist students with their mastery and appreciation of the field of cognitive psychology.

Follow-up exercise: Ask students to perform the Heuristics exercise. Give them approx. 5 minutes to figure out the problem. Have them discuss the steps that led to solving the problem. What steps did they use?

Thinker is an excellent resource intended to assist students with their mastery and appreciation for the field of cognitive psychology.

Follow-up exercise: Ask students to perform the Algorithm exercise. Give them approx. 5 minutes to figure out the problem. Have them discuss the steps that led to solving the algorithm. What steps did they use? How did this process differ from the previous exercise?

Creativity Test: Insight Problems 

This is a webpage designed by Prof. Gayle Dow from Indiana University. It offers many interesting demos concerning thinking and problem solving.

Follow-up exercise: Ask students to perform the Insight problems. Have them solve each task without resorting to the solution option.

Questions: How is Insight different from Heuristics or Algorithms? Did you use different strategies when solving each individual task (spatial, mathematical)? When do you think using insight to solve problems work best?