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Cognitive science
Cognitive science is usually defined as the scientific study either of mind or of intelligence. Practically every formal introduction to cognitive science stresses that it is a highly ... > more -
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive Psychology is the school of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. It had its foundations in the Gestalt psychology of Max ... > more -
Mirror test
The mirror test is a measure of self-awareness developed by Gordon Gallup Jr in 1970. The test gauges self-awareness by determining whether an animal can recognize its own reflection in a mirror as ... > more -
Cognitive bias
A cognitive bias is any of a wide range of observer effects identified in cognitive science and social psychology including very basic statistical, social attribution, and memory errors that are ... > more -
Insomnia Research
Insomnia
Sleep Disorder Research
Sleep Disorders
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Disorders and Syndromes
Sleep deprivation
Sleep deprivation is an overall lack of the necessary amount of sleep. A person can be deprived of sleep by their own body and mind, insomnia, or actively deprived by another individual. Sleep ... > more -
Human brain
The human brain is the center of the central nervous system in humans as well as the primary control center for the peripheral nervous system. The brain controls "lower" or involuntary activities ... > more -
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Dementia with Lewy bodies is the second most frequent cause of hospitalization for dementia, after Alzheimer's disease. Current estimates are that about 60 to 75% of diagnosed dementias are of the ... > more -
Attribution theory
Attribution theory is a field of social psychology, which was born out of the theoritical models of Fritz Heider, Harold Kelley, Edward E. Jones, and Lee Ross. Attribution theory is concerned with ... > more
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