Idea posted: March 2026

Institutions: University of Helsinki    University of Turku   

In a world of open-office plans and bustling coffee shops, the ability to focus on a difficult task while ignoring background noise is a vital professional skill. A study from…

Idea posted: July 2025

Institutions: Purdue University    Anderson University   

Karpicke and Blunt's paper challenges the prevailing educational focus on encoding knowledge, often overlooking the critical role of retrieval processes. Traditional views suggest retrieval merely measures what has been learned,…

Idea posted: June 2025

Institutions: School of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London    Specialist Unit for Review Evidence, Cardiff University   

Neurodivergent diagnoses, from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism to mental illness challenges, are rapidly increasing. While organizations are making efforts to welcome neurodivergent individuals as employees, there remains…

Idea posted: May 2023

Institutions: York University    Johns Hopkins University   

After we have finished a compelling book or a film, the narrative of the story will linger in our minds. This lingering is involuntary: we do not choose or decide…

Idea posted: March 2021

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management    Harvard Business School   

Many studies have confirmed the importance of sleep on our cognitive functions — our ability to think clearly and work productively. While previous studies use self-report surveys or a laboratory…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: Open University of the Netherlands    Artevelde University College Ghent   

The digital native is a myth, according to an extensive review of the research by by Paul Kirschner of Open University of the Netherlands and Pedro de Bruyckere of Artevelde…

Idea posted: July 2017

Institutions: University of Texas McCombs School of Business    University of California, San Diego   

Cell phones can be distracting when you’re trying to work. If the phone rings, you’ll stop what you’re doing to answer it. If you hear the ping of a new…

Idea posted: November 2016

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    Institute for Management & Innovation at the University of Toronto Mississauga   

All of us belong to certain social groups in society. Our ‘social identities’ are based on these groups, which can involve gender, nationality, profession, heritage, political affiliation, hobby or family…

Idea posted: January 2016

Institutions: Emory University Goizueta Business School    University of Miami Miller School of Medicine    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences   

Michael Porter gave us a process for strategy development. It was a very cognitive process (i.e., using conscious mental activities such as thinking, understanding, learning, remembering) that followed prescribed steps:…