As you may have figured out from the focus of my ongoing blog, my book and my previous research, critical thinking (CT) is my specialty area of research. However, perhaps something that I don’t ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Sometimes, the real fight isn’t about issues with your partner, but about ...

Humans are biased. We remember things that confirm our beliefs more than things that don’t. And every day, we’re presented with new information and arguments that we have to sort through, especially ...

As my colleague Nick Burbules points out in his timely article on deliberative and activist speech ("How Activist Speech Threatens Educational Values,” October 8, 2024), many universities “are ...

Every so often, the internet is set ablaze with opinion pieces on a familiar question: Are "soft" sciences, like psychology, actually science? Most of the time the argument against psychology as a ...