The article reports on a study showing that increasing effort or offering monetary rewards does not raise scores on cognitive tests, challenging the view that motivation largely drives measured intelligence.

This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it distinguishes between motivation and underlying cognitive ability, highlighting how performance on standardized tasks may reflect cognitive limits rather than just effort.

Article Title: Trying harder on an intelligence test does not actually improve your score

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/trying-harder-on-an-intelligence-test-does-not-actually-improve-your-score-2026-03-26/

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#psychology #cognition #motivation #intelligence #researchstudies

Kiintoisa artikkeli taistelukentän informaatiopaljouden ja läpinäkyvyyden odottamattomista haittavaikutuksista hieman omituisen kognitiivisen veljensurman otsikolla, https://mwi.westpoint.edu/cognitive-fratricide-how-the-transparent-battlefield-creates-decision-paralysis/

Tavallaan on lohdullista, että informaatioähky ja ramppikuume voi yllättää sotiessakin, mutta ehkä tuosta voisi oppia jotain yleisempää ihmisen ja koneiden pakko-naittamisesta tehokkuuden nimissä?

#sota #taistelu #paatoksenteko #war #combat #armeija #military #decisionMaking #cognition #decision #decisionSpace #information #surveillance #realTime #data #dataSharing #ai #battlefield #action #actionLatency #cognitiveFratricide #westpoint

Numerous papers on masked priming research methodology have been recently published. My commentary article on Tsikandilakis et al. (2025) argues that methodology improvements are welcome, yet are insufficient to provide new insights. Consciousness research needs to re-evaluate the expected outcomes of masked priming experiments.

#consciousness #cognition #perception

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The next session of our transdisciplinary (biology-philosophy) seminar on Agency will take place this Wednesday on Zoom !

Hugh Desmond will talk about agency and cognitive capacities!

More info on how to join us here: https://www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar-agency-between-biology-and-philosophy-2025-2026

#philbio #agency #cognition

The article reports that elite Rubik’s Cube solvers show synchronized brain activity across memory, planning, visuospatial, and motor regions, both during planning and rapid execution, suggesting the brain can engage these systems simultaneously at high speed. This pattern indicates how expert performance may emerge from integrated cognitive-motor processing.

This topic is of interest to psychology because it illuminates how specialized training reshapes brain networks to support rapid, coordinated thought and action, highlighting the interplay between cognition and motor control in skilled performance.

Article Title: What brain waves reveal about people who can solve a Rubik’s Cube in seconds

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/what-brain-waves-reveal-about-people-who-can-solve-a-rubiks-cube-in-seconds/

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#brainwaves #expertise #cognition #neuroscience #motorcontrol

The article reports that severe menstrual pain in primary dysmenorrhea is linked to lower cognitive performance, reduced daily functioning, and negative self-perceptions across different phases of the menstrual cycle.

This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it links physical symptoms with cognitive processing, attention, self-concept, and daily functioning, illustrating how bodily states can influence mental processes and behavior in real-world contexts.

Article Title: Primary dysmenorrhea: Severe menstrual pain is associated with lower cognitive and daily functioning

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/primary-dysmenorrhea-severe-menstrual-pain-is-associated-with-lower-cognitive-and-daily-functioning/

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#dysmenorrhea #cognition #menstrualhealth #occupationalperformance #psychology