Thinking forward is an automatic process. Cause, then effect. Input, then output. A to B. It feels logical—and normal to start with a conclusion, then find justification around it. But we can always ...

In today’s competitive job market, employers are actively seeking individuals who possess strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. These two abilities go hand in hand, and together, they ...

A new Carnegie Mellon University neuroimaging study reveals the mental stages people go through as they are solving challenging math problems. Published in Psychological Science, researchers combined ...

Rob De La Espriella is the creator of BlueDragon, a problem-solving system used by the US national laboratories and nuclear facilities. United States businesses are silently hemorrhaging trillions of ...

Imagine you have a plant that just won’t grow. You consider the various factors that could be causing the plant to struggle – lack of water, inadequate sunlight, insufficient nutrients, suboptimal ...

Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Among high school students and adults, ...

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...

We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis. This isn’t just theory...it’s what I used to see every day as a practicing primary care physician, and it’s backed by data. According to the World ...