Category: Cognitive psychology
Human movement variability predicts task-unrelated thought
Temporal patterns in finger tapping predict task-unrelated thought. Higher Hurst exponent values associated with lower mind-wandering probability across metronome conditions.
Mental health symptoms predict flexible inference use
Study shows that specific mental health symptoms predict how people use flexible reasoning when making complex inferences, with alterations in goal-directed decision-making as a key mechanism.
Maximal effort linked to greater preference for correct performance
Active inference model reveals voluntary mental effort is governed by motivation for accuracy rather than inhibition of habitual responses in Stroop task performance.
Italian ratings support a magic-trick emotion dataset
Normative ratings of the Magic Curiosity Arousing Tricks dataset in Italian adults aged 18–86, measuring epistemic emotions including curiosity, interest, and surprise via video-based stimuli.
