When children pretend, they are not just playing; they are building the foundation for creative thinking and problem-solving.

Neuroscientist Karen Konkoly is a lucid dreamer. When she’s asleep and immersed in a dream, she knows that she is, in fact, ...

"Being both very high or very low in executive control can be beneficial for creative problem-solving, but you get to the right answer in different ways," said Christine Chesebrough, Feinstein ...

Individuals with strong attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, related to inefficient cognitive executive function, may experience a surprising ...

The findings, published in Personality and Individual Differences, show that people with strong ADHD symptoms, such as inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity that can impair some aspects of daily ...

People have long believed that dreams spark creativity. But the idea that REM sleep dreams directly help with problem‑solving doesn’t have strong scientific proof yet. Past experiments have been ...