Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been frequently applied to executive function
measurement since first used to identify a three-factor model of inhibition, updating, and …

Much recent research has focused on the relation between spatial skills and mathematical
skills, which has resulted in widely reported links between these two skill sets. However, the …

People are increasingly turning to large language models (LLMs) for complex information
tasks like academic research or planning a move to another city. However, while they often …

What role does deliberation play in susceptibility to political misinformation and “fake news”?
The Motivated System 2 Reasoning (MS2R) account posits that deliberation causes people …

Core executive functions such as working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility are
integral to daily life. A growing body of research has suggested that acute stress may impair …

Despite long-standing interest in the influence of adverse early experiences on mental
health, systematic scientific inquiry into childhood adversity and developmental outcomes …

Influential dual process models of human thinking posit that reasoners typically produce a
fast, intuitive heuristic (ie, Type-1) response which might subsequently be overridden and …

There is an emerging consensus that spatial thinking plays a fundamental role in how
people conceive, express, and perform mathematics. However, the underlying nature of this …

The most replicated result in the field of intelligence is the positive manifold, which refers to
an all-positive pattern of correlations among diverse cognitive tests. The positive manifold is …

Executive functions (EF), including working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility, vary
as a function of socioeconomic status (SES), with children from economically disadvantaged …