Category: Blog

Many of the important issues facing our societies require political solutions for complex (for example, climate change or macroeconomic policies). For this reason, it is still strange that there are so many people that hold extreme attitudes of acceptance or rejection of certain policies, given their high degree of complexity. Why occurs then this polarization? […]

I share with you a post that I’ve written for the blog brother of the Psychology of information: The Money Cognitive. CGD is a blog dedicated to the cognitive science (the interdisciplinary study of what the mind is, how it works and how it originated). In this case, the reason for sharing the post is […]

Imagine the reader that is located on a bridge, on a few tracks. In the distance, you notice that it is approaching at full speed and without control of a cart with five people inside. On the bridge, next to the reader, there is also a big person that observes how about the station wagon. […]

I share with you a post that I originally wrote for another platform. Although I don’t tend to reuse entries, on the one hand, I think that the topic is more than interesting (and includes a great video) and, on the other hand, we are of the easter holidays, so ralentizaremos the pace for a […]

Personal issues several have occupied the time that was available to update this blog. However, since today Psychology information started to train again your activity, to continue providing you with news and items that may be of interest to you.And it does so with two innovations. The first is obvious: a change of WordPress template. […]

We live inundated with information, “infoxicados” say many. What is certain is that this abundance of information increases our chances to obtain knowledge… but also to consume information that are incorrect. And the consumption of incorrect information is a major problem, since they are not at all easy to correct once this is understood. There […]

The amount of information that we are currently seeking in Internet is huge: from articles of reference, to address, going by instructions on how to perform certain activities, videos, photos… The material that we could access seems to have no limit. But we are dedicated not only to seek out that information, but in addition […]

The memory is a very complex phenomenon, that each day we know more. In this blog I have already dedicated a post to studies related to memory, such as, for example, the amnesia of source, or the ease with which our social contacts can lead us in false recollections. A striking aspect of memory is […]

One of the key skills of a critical thinker is knowing how to identify when an argument is by discussing a reasoning incorrect (a fallacy of argument, or also called a fallacy of rhetoric). And I say “know how to identify” because the task of labeling what fallacy in particular is discussing can be a […]

What is the best way to promote, and improve, the practice of reading amongst the young? The most frequent response is usually something like this: the love of reading has to be developed allowing young readers to choose books that are of interest to you, mostly works of fiction. That is to say, the development […]