Cog Sci Research Group

How come being silent for some time can help you boost your performance on a simple brain game? What is the science behind it? And how can I use that to boost my grades up? We were asking these questions at our Cognitive Science lab for the past whole year and we finally got the answer! We designed a simple experiment that involved our friends and university students (no guinea pigs!) to help us understand how and why does this practice affects the brain. We asked them to play a simple cognitive game called Stroop task  to start off, which they pretty much enjoyed. You can play the game too, there are simple rules: Watch the video below, and try to read aloud the colour of words appearing on the screen.  Well played! Now to boost your performance on the 'incongruent' words (e.g.,  YELLOW ) , let's help you out. Sit with your eyes closed for next five minutes, put your screen to sleep too (to avoid distraction from screen brightness), open your mind to all the thoughts com...

Cognitive Science Research Group is a tech research-led hobby-group at a traditional University in Agra, India The group is a mix of enthusiastic brains, where students from all ages - first year undergraduates to PhD researchers - come and share ideas. It's a beautiful mix of disciplines, where people from all backgrounds - engineers to botanists - collaborate on innovative projects.  We believe in originality of our ideas and novelty in their translational importance. We aim to make use of existing technology to create the products of the future.  We are self-learners who are learning to become independent thinkers with each experience.  This group is our hope as well as the motivation to create impact in the field of Cognitive Science. We  celebrate the spirit of enthusiastic research that we carry out here at our Cog Sci Research Lab in Agra.  And to share it with the world, we bring ourselves here. Stay tuned!