If there are nine people in a room and every person shakes hands exactly once with each of the other people, how many handshakes will there be? How can you prove your answer is correct using a model ...

ABSTRACT Solving non-routine problems is one of the most important skills for the 21st century. Traditional paper–pencil tests cannot assess this type of skill well because of their lack of ...

Tucker, A. L., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Managing Routine Exceptions: A Model of Nurse Problem Solving Behavior." Advances in Health Care Management 3 (2002): 87–113.

The puzzles look easy, and mostly they are. Given three words “trip,” “house” and “goal,” for example find a fourth that will complete a compound word with each. A minute or so of mental trolling ...

Anterior cingulate cortex is important in monitoring action for new challenges. We recorded neuron activity in the anterior cingulate sulcus of macaques while they performed a sequential ...

Our brains are much more active when we daydream than previously thought. Activity in numerous brain regions increases when our minds wander, according to new research. Psychologists found that brain ...