COVID-19 end games: six major unknowns and four strategies for getting back to normal
Many of us have had our lives dramatically affected over the last few months by the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re wondering when and how...
- Apr 28, 2020
- 3 min
Anxiety in the time of COVID
As you might imagine, anxiety and unhappiness have spiked sharply during lockdown. Good data is hard to come by, so we were very...
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
Got an idea for a short online program? Apply for a Clearer Thinking Micro Grant!
We’re trying something a little different. Are you interested in improving the world using concepts from psychology, behavioural...
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Discover what your most important values are with this new, comprehensive test!
Do you know what your most important values are? Even those of us who have thought carefully about what matters to us might not be aware...
- Mar 19, 2020
- 9 min
40 meaningful things to do when stuck at home in a pandemic.
In the coming weeks and months, the COVID-19 pandemic may cause you to spend a lot more time at home than you are used to. It can be...
- Mar 3, 2020
- 9 min
Coronavirus: what you need to know
How worried should you be about COVID-19 (also known as the "novel coronavirus disease" or "2019-nCov"), and should you start preparing...
- Feb 12, 2020
- 12 min
A guide to coping with anxiety and fear effectively.
Reality can sometimes be scary. Do you find yourself in a frequent state of worry about the world? Or are there elements in your work or...
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
Discover the tests and tools that might have passed you by in 2019
Happy New Year! The past year has been our busiest yet at ClearerThinking, with lots of new, valuable programs for you to use. In case...
- Dec 23, 2019
- 23 min
Want to form some new daily habits? We ran a massive study to explore which techniques work best.
Chances are that you have a few positive habits you’d like to form. Maybe you’d like to start exercising daily. Or, perhaps you want to...
- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
Our new quiz tests your ability to spot misleading arguments.
News organizations, companies, and politicians are constantly making arguments about what they think you should or shouldn't believe. But...
- Dec 4, 2019
- 7 min
Evidence-based suggestions for improving your career.
Are you deciding on a new career path, or reflecting on your current career and where it's headed? Sometimes we make career decisions...
- Oct 30, 2019
- 9 min
We put some simple happiness-boosting habits to the test. Here’s what we found.
Are there simple, quick, and easy-to-learn habits that you can incorporate into your life to make yourself meaningfully happier? The...
- Oct 16, 2019
- 5 min
Practice making accurate predictions with this newly launched tool.
Every day each of us makes judgments about the future in the face of uncertainty. These judgments can have a huge impact on our lives, so...
- Sep 25, 2019
- 10 min
A new framework for thinking about truth and reality.
Truth and existence are surprisingly complex concepts. The closer you examine them, the more complex they reveal themselves to be. What...
- Sep 4, 2019
- 1 min
A new framework for when to trust intuition over reflection.
Some people say you should "trust in your gut", while other people argue that analytic thinking is better. Who is right? To answer this...
- Aug 21, 2019
- 1 min
Are you overrating the importance of credentials?
How much do you value credentials when judging the opinions of others? Do you give them too much deference – or too little? Measure the...
- Aug 6, 2019
- 1 min
Our new mini-test measures two personality traits essential for seeing the world accurately.
To what extent are you a “skeptic” of information, and a “seeker” of new ideas? You can take our newly-launched mini-test to find out!...
- Jul 17, 2019
- 9 min
Teach yourself (or your students!) the components of critical thinking.
Enhancing your critical thinking can have a lot of benefits, including developing a clearer picture of reality, becoming a more informed...
- Jun 20, 2019
- 2 min
Answering these questions could change your life.
Could the act of answering open-ended questions about yourself give you new, important insights? It turns out the answer is "yes", if...
- May 23, 2019
- 6 min
Do progressives and conservatives hold opposing values? Let’s look at the data.
Do progressives and conservatives really have different intrinsic values? If so, in what ways? By surveying hundreds of people, we...