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Want to Improve Your Critical Thinking? Eat Walnuts
What did you have for breakfast? If it was a Banana Walnut muffin, then you’ve already started your day with a critical thinking boost! That’s right, according to researchers, during an 8 week study, they found that participants who ate walnuts scored higher in critical thinking and “inferential reasoning” (using the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal [...]
Leaders Say Next Generation Lacks Necessary Critical Thinking Skills
The “2011/2012 Trends in Executive Development: A Benchmark Report” (produced by Pearson TalentLens and Executive Development Associates Inc.) surveyed the leaders of 81 large/multi-national companies and learned that for the 2nd year in a row, executives are concerned about the critical thinking skills of the next generation. The leaders are concerned that the next generation is not [...]
The Latest News in Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Critical Thinking
Every day, my colleagues and I post the newest and most relevant articles in the world of critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and creativity through our various social media accounts. Because we know you’re busy and may not be connected to all of us through LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, we are going to start a new [...]
Who Needs a TomTom That Twitters?
Guest post from Heather Ishikawa (co-author of Now You’re Thinking!) _____________________________________________________________________ Did you know that the new TomTom’s Go Live GPS device will have Twitter functionality? When I heard this, I immediately jumped to conclusions about how I could use this functionality: Inform all friends that I don’t know where I’m going Instant tweets for [...]
Beware of Numbers; They’re Liars | Critical Thinking
Watching the news is a great mental exercise in critical thinking. For example, watch any cable news station and notice how often studies with statistics are reported. That sounds like a good thing, right? We would much rather hear that the news being shared is backed up by scientific studies, surveys, and analysis rather than [...]
My Critical Thinking Journey: Breanne Harris
I’m in Berkeley, CA this week attending a critical thinking conference and listened to the conference organizers share their “critical thinking journey” this morning. That got me thinking about my own critical thinking journey and the fact that I’ve never really introduced myself on this blog. So, in case you were wondering, this is the [...]
Was Netflix Thinking Critically? Are You?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the Netflix price hike. That’s right! Many customers, including me, will see a 60% rate hike to enjoy the same amenities they experience now. Sixty percent! What was Netflix thinking?!?! Clearly they knew customers would be angry because they hired extra customer service reps to [...]
Making Difficult Decisions Despite Ambiguous Information: That’s Life!
Yesterday, Chad Fife wrote a post about how too many choices and too much information can cause “decision paralysis.“ His post hit home for me as it mirrored many shopping trips I’ve taken with my husband (more on that next week). But I also want to explore the opposite issue- when there is a lack [...]
How Quora Promotes Critical Thinking
One characteristic of Critical and Creative Thinkers is that the individual has a wide variety of interests. There are a few things at play here. First, someone with a wide variety of interests likely has a thirst for knowledge and seeks out information that is new to his/her own experiences. Second, this person is also [...]
Want to Improve Your Decision Making? Hold Your Pee
We’ve already shared that pretty people with big heads who play video games and don’t smoke are more intelligent than their less attractive, small headed, non-smoking, non-gaming counterparts but today it scientists have revealed a new factor in the brain’s ability to make decisions. Urine. That’s right! Dutch researchers studied participants’ impulse control after making [...]