How would you rate your problem-solving skills in running your business? Your answer to this question is important. Many successful entrepreneurs have developed a keen sense for what it takes to ...

Unfortunately, visual thinking is frequently seen in education as unsophisticated because it doesn’t conform to the dominant textual paradigm. This creates a natural handicap when it comes to ...

World Sketchnote Day 2026 draws attention to the growing practice of sketchnoting—a visual method of capturing ideas using ...

Interestingly, people good at verbal thinking often score about average on object and spatial thinking tests. Only those who excel at object or spatial thinking fare poorly on tests that demand other ...

Medicine is often called a blend of art and science. But can studying Picasso and Gauguin turn budding doctors into better diagnosticians? That’s the premise behind an elective introduced this fall ...

The School of Art & Design is excited to introduce a new Art Minor for all Alfred University undergraduate students, launching in Spring 2025. This program is designed to develop essential creative, ...

Scientists need skills in visual analysis and critical thinking, but these skills aren't being taught or practiced nearly enough in our university classrooms. One reason why science is hard to learn ...

Moving from textual thinking to visual thinking Tom Haymes June 5, 2019 Instead of forcing visual thinkers into textual thinking, we need to see the world differently and develop critical thinking ...

People who don’t think visually often have a hard time imagining the mental lives of those who do. By thinking, I mean conscious planning, problem-solving, imagining, and reminiscing. Most mental ...