How would you distill your professional mission in life? Here is what I’d say: My mission is to work with other educators to advance learning in the liberal arts. Notice that my professional mission ...

You probably suffer from the "illusion of explanatory depth." Moreover, you often succumb to the "illusion of understanding." So say two cognitive scientists, Philip Fernbach of Colorado University ...

Sloman, a professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences, and Fernbach, a cognitive scientist and professor of marketing, attempt nothing less than a takedown of widely held beliefs ...

Many people overestimate their understanding of everyday objects and phenomena, often confusing environmental support with ...