How people think, learn, and decide. And how AI is changing all of it.

Cognitive science in high-stakes settings. The science of insight. Whether AI tutors can actually teach. We work with forensic examiners, police, paramedics, and over half a million students worldwide.

DIRECTED BY  /  Prof. Jason Tangen
BASED AT  /  UQ School of Psychology
FOUNDED  /  2006   ·   ST LUCIA, AUSTRALIA
02 Research

The questions we keep coming back to.

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03 Recent papers

What we've been writing.

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  1. 2026
    AI tutors vs. tenacious myths: evidence from personalised dialogue interventions in educationCorbett · Tangen
    Computers in Human Behavior, 175
  2. 2025
    Systematic review and meta-analysis of educational approaches to reduce cognitive biases among studentsSwaryandini, Graham, Griffith, Tangen et al.
    Nature Human Behaviour, 9(12)
  3. 2025
    Beyond minutiae: inferring missing details from global structure in fingerprintsSearston · Thompson · Robson · Tangen
    Cognitive Research, 10(3)
  4. 2023
    Insight and the selection of ideasLaukkonen · Webb · Salvi · Tangen · Slagter · Schooler
    Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 153
  5. 2011
    Identifying fingerprint expertiseTangen · Thompson · McCarthy
    Psychological Science, 22(8)