The episode references research and theories from the field of cognitive psychology related to learning and skill acquisition.
As a psychologist, Kahneman's research and insights into human cognition and decision-making processes fall within the broader field of cognitive psychology.
The episode touches on concepts from cognitive psychology, such as working memory, attention, and the malleability of memory, providing insights into the psychological processes involved in memory.
The podcast episodes provided explore various topics within the broader field of cognitive psychology, covering areas like memory, attention, decision-making, and the cognitive mechanisms underlying psychological conditions like autism and schizophrenia.
For example, the episode 'Autism vs Schizophrenia: Opposite Ends of the Spectrum? What Causes Them?' discusses the cognitive factors that contribute to these disorders, while the episode 'How memories work, how we form them, improve them and how they can be manipulated' delves into the psychology of memory formation and retrieval.
Other episodes, such as 'Update: Get Better at Anything, with Scott H. Young' and 'Mulititasking: Working slower with worse results', explore the cognitive processes involved in learning, skill acquisition, and attention, providing insights from the field of cognitive psychology.