Psychology
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The New York Times
I Spent a Year in Space, and I Have Tips on Isolation to Share
The New York Times
5 min read · 153 saves · 2020-03-21 · Scott Kelly · Take it from someone who couldn’t: Go outside.
adn.com
The cognitive biases that make coronavirus seem scarier than it is
adn.com
4 min read · 2020-02-01 · When we worry too much - or too little - about something, we can actually introduce new threats.
niskanencenter.org
Op-Ed: Portrait of a Fuhrer
niskanencenter.org
8 min read · 17 saves · 2020-02-26 · In the midst of World War II, the U.S. government commissioned a psychological profile of Adolf Hitler. The results may have something to teach us about destructive charismatic personalities today.
Nature
Cooperation and the evolution of hunter-gatherer storytelling
Nature
From 2017 · Storytelling entails costs in terms of time and effort, yet it is a ubiquitous feature of human society. Here, Smith et al. show benefits of storytelling in Agta hunter-gatherer communities, as…
nysun.com
Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone
nysun.com
2 min read · 11 saves · 2020-01-07 · I left my 9-year-old at Bloomingdale's (the original one) a couple weeks ago. Last seen, he was in first floor handbags as I sashayed out the door. Bye-bye! Have fun! And he did. He came home on the…
In Psychology
Visual Capitalist
50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World
Visual Capitalist
10 min read · 1628 saves · 2020-02-01 · Marcus Lu · Our rapidly evolving world forces us to adopt distinct patterns of behavior, and in the process, paves the way for new cognitive biases to emerge.
HuffPost
20 Ways To Be A Happier Person In 2020, According To Therapists
HuffPost
10 min read · 307 saves · 2019-12-30 · If you're going to make a resolution for the new year, it may as well be improving your mental health.
nobbot.com
Cómo los libros y la televisión afectan a tu cerebro de manera diferente
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3 min read · 2020-01-24 · Alberto Barbieri · Varios estudios demuestran que leer libros nos aporta muchos beneficios que, en cambio, la televisión no nos puede ofrecer.
In Psychology
lexfridman.com
Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow, Deep Learning, and AI
lexfridman.com
1 min read · 224 saves · 2020-01-14 · Lex Fridman · Daniel Kahneman is winner of the Nobel Prize in economics for his integration of economic science with the psychology of human behavior, judgment and decision-making. He is the author of the popular…
annieduke.com
"No, judges don't give harsher sentences when they are hungry"— Annie’s Newsletter, October 5, 2018
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6 min read · From 2018 · NO, JUDGES DON’T GIVE HARSHER SENTENCES WHEN THEY ARE HUNGRY How a sexy narrative can make us forget that correlation does not equal causation Ego depletion is the hypothesis that willpower and self…
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Per què la gent incompetent es pensa que és boníssima?
catorze.cat
2 min read · 2020-01-10 · L'educador David Dunning diu que «sovint sobrevalorem les nostres habilitats»
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Brian Roemmele on Twitter
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7 min read · 2020-01-05 · “Consider: millions of years ago our antecedents gave a massive sacrifice of their left hemisphere. We lost a tremendous amount of short term memory and replaced it with Broca’s, Wernicke & the…
