Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory
Video and Multimedia
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Dimensions of Critical Thinking
Summary: The process of thinking critically can determine coming to the right or the wrong conclusions. This video helps you to learn about five dimensions of critical thinking.
Summary: A brief discussion of the value and evolutionary basis of unconscious processing.
Incubation in Creative Problem Solving
Summary: This video outlines some recent studies of divergent thinking using the Alternative Uses task that we have carried out regarding immediate vs. delayed incubation.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, PNAS
Summary: Unconscious processes. PNAS is one of the world’s most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,100 research papers annually.
Summary: The unconscious mind. Sigmund Freud didn't exactly invent the idea of the conscious versus unconscious mind, but he certainly was responsible for making it popular and this was one of his main contributions to psychology.