Cultivating Critical Thinking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Why Critical Thinking
“Critical thinking is the skill that makes us human, the one capacity that truly distinguishes us as a species. It is also something we can learn and get better at over time.”
Helen Lee Bouygues
President, Reboot Foundation
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Critical Thinking in the Digital Age
Reboot’s free tools empower parents, teachers, and professionals to protect human intellect and strengthen critical thinking in the age of AI.
Insights on Critical Thinking
Learn about topics like metacognition, media literacy, and how to sharpen your critical thinking skills in our digital and AI-driven world.
Everything You Need To Know About Attribution Bias
- 09 October 2023
Attribution bias is the tendency to misattribute the causes of behavior, often overemphasizing personal characteristics and underestimating situational factors.
Everything You Need To Know About The Halo Effect
- 25 September 2023
The halo effect occurs when an initial positive first impression unduly influences your opinion of that person as a whole.
Everything You Need To Know About The Framing Effect
- 08 June 2023
When we make decisions based on how information is presented, rather than the information itself, we may be falling prey to a cognitive bias called the framing effect.
Everything You Need To Know About Declinism Bias
- 01 May 2023
We’ve all heard the old timers talk about how life was “back in my day.” It’s usually followed by fond recollections or a commentary about how much better life used to be. This kind of rosy recollection – that the past is somehow better than the present or the future – encapsulates the thinking behind […]
5 Questions to Improve Critical Thinking Skills
- 27 April 2023
Critical thinking involves reasoning, making judgments, and problem-solving. Critical thinking means becoming skilled in all of these. It means, in brief, thinking well.
What Is Critical Thinking and How Can It Be Improved?
- 06 February 2023
Critical thinking involves reasoning, making judgments, and problem-solving. Critical thinking means becoming skilled in all of these. It means, in brief, thinking well.
Multiple-Choice Quizzes Help People Pass Fact Checks
- 06 October 2022
Fact checkers face the difficulty of getting readers to retain key bits of information from fact checks, and ultimately whether a claim is true or false. Online multiple-choice quizzes present an opportunity for encouraging users taking fact checks to engage with content and to learn more from the misinformation debunk. Previous work from The Center […]
Overcoming the Ambiguity Effect
- 27 April 2022
The decision to choose the known over the unknown is an example of “the ambiguity effect.”
Overcoming Negativity Bias
- 10 January 2022
Our brains are wired to remember negative experiences versus positive ones. As a result, our perception of the world around us could be skewed unless we work to counteract this natural tendency.
Everything You Need To Know About The Dunning-Kruger Effect
- 02 December 2021
The Dunning-Kruger effect occurs when people believe that they are smarter, more capable, and higher-performing than they really are.
Everything You Need to Know About the Availability Heuristic
- 18 November 2021
The availability heuristic allows us to make decisions quickly and solve problems based on the information we have stored in our memory banks for quick access.
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Helen Lee Bouygues
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