"We need different kinds of minds," Temple Grandin says. “We need these different approaches to problem solving.” (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images, Blue Tree Publishing) Are you ...

Interestingly, people good at verbal thinking often score about average on object and spatial thinking tests. Only those who excel at object or spatial thinking fare poorly on tests that demand other ...

People who don’t think visually often have a hard time imagining the mental lives of those who do. By thinking, I mean conscious planning, problem-solving, imagining, and reminiscing. Most mental ...

I was nineteen, maybe twenty, when I realized I was empty-headed. I was in a college English class, and we were in a sunny seminar room, discussing “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” or possibly “The Waves.” ...

Chestnut Hill, MA – November 12, 2008 – A new study in the journal Mind, Brain, and Education reveals that certain types of thinking are best suited to solving certain types of problems. Specifically, ...

At a loss for words? You’re not alone. A new Harvard University study reveals people are more prone to ‘visual thinking’ than ‘verbal thinking.’ Now imagine being in front of an audience of bigwigs ...

Are you neat and tidy and learn best by reading books and listening? Or are you creative, maybe a little messy, enjoy things like puzzles or chess and prefer to learn through charts and diagrams? If ...