Article history: Accepted 23 May 2009 RR EC TE D The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a crucial role in cognitive control and higher mental functions by maintaining working memory representations of currently relevant information, thereby inducing a mindset that facilitates the processing of such information. Using fMRI, we examined how the human PFC implements mindsets for information at varying ...

The scientific community often portrays science as a value-neutral enterprise that crisply demarcates facts from personal value judgments. We argue that this depiction is unrealistic and important to correct because science serves an important knowledge generation function in all modern societies. Policymakers often turn to scientists for sound advice, and it is important for the wellbeing of s...

With ‘Immunity to Change’ Kegan and Lahey address the mystery of personal and organizational change in an original way. Their main message is that individuals, groups and organizations are not blocked by fears for change—as many claim—but more by existing, hidden mindsets. And, that most have not, yet, found ways to understand these mindsets and, therefore, have not learned to overcome them. Th...

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive assessment of the design thinking mindset. First, we review the design and management literature to identify and define key cognitive and behavioural components of a design thinking mindset, before we report our initial findings from 15 in-depth interviews with innovation managers in Australia and Germany who reflect on their practices while implementin...

The objective of positive education is not only to improve students' well-being but also their academic performance. As an important concept in positive education, growth mindset refers to core assumptions about the malleability of a person's intellectual abilities. The present study investigates the relation of growth mindsets to psychological well-being and school engagement. The study also e...

Literature from the business and design disciplines describes two important subprocesses of entrepreneurial journey: new venture creation product development. This study uses evidence qualitative research with Designer-entrepreneurs (D-entrepreneurs) to describe a third subprocess, which we refer as Designer’s Mindset Transition (DMT), can either hinder or propel other subprocesses. Thirty-seve...

This research aims to explore English teachers’ mindsets and further investigate whether have anything do with nine factors, namely, age, gender, the highest level of education completed, department graduated in, being abroad for education, receiving in-service training programs, teaching experience, taught, institution. In this descriptive study, data were collected from 162 teachers working a...