Topic: psychology
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Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite
Monday, March 7, 2011 · Topics: evolution, evolutionary-psychology, hypocrisy, psychology, videos
From Knowledge by the Slice at University of Pennsylvania: Robert Kurzban discusses themes from his new book, including the mind’s tendency to simultaneously store opposing ideas, a phenomenon that often results in a less-than-popular label: hypocrite. · Go to Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite →
Robert Kurzban: Evolutionary psychology blog
Monday, March 7, 2011 · Topics: evolution, evolutionary-psychology, psychology
Robert Kurzban is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. His first book, Why Everyone (Else) Is A Hypocrite, is now available. · Go to Robert Kurzban: Evolutionary psychology blog →
Musical chills: Why they give us thrills
Thursday, January 13, 2011 · Topics: music, neuroscience, psychology
From Science Daily: Scientists have found that the pleasurable experience of listening to music releases dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain important for more tangible pleasures associated with rewards such as food, drugs and sex. The new study from The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital — The Neuro at McGill University also reveals that even the anticipation of pleasurable music induces dopamine release [as is the case with food, drug, and sex cues]. Published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, the results suggest why music, which has no obvious survival value, is so significant across human society. · Go to Musical chills: Why they give us thrills →
Top 10 myths of popular psychology
Saturday, September 4, 2010 · Topics: neuroscience, psychology, skeptics
From eSkeptic: An excerpt from 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions About Human Nature, by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, and Barry L. Beyerstein (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009). Virtually every day, the news media, television shows, films, and Internet bombard us with claims regarding a host of psychological topics: psychics, out of body experiences, recovered memories, and lie detection, to name a few. Even a casual stroll through our neighborhood bookstore reveals dozens of self-help, relationship, recovery, and addiction books that serve up generous portions of advice for steering our paths along life’s rocky road. Yet many popular psychology sources are rife with misconceptions. · Go to Top 10 myths of popular psychology →
The secret to great work is great play
Thursday, April 8, 2010 · Topics: play, psychology
From Garr Reynolds: re born to play. Play is how we learn and develop our minds and our bodies, and it’s also how we express ourselves. Play comes naturally to us. I was reminded of this while listening to a cool little jazz gig near the beach in Maui a couple of months ago. I snapped this photo below of a little girl enjoying the simple beauty of that musical moment by dancing happily all by herself. · Go to The secret to great work is great play →
Talk deeply, be happy?
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 · Topics: conversations, happiness, positive-emotions, psychology
From NY Times: According to Dr. Mathias Mehl from the University of Arizona, people who spend more of their day having deep discussions and less time engaging in small talk seem to be happier. · Go to Talk deeply, be happy? →
A short course in behaviorial economics
Friday, March 12, 2010 · Topics: decision-making, economics, neuroscience, psychology
From edge.org: What we’re saying is that there is a technology emerging from behavioral economics. It’s not only an abstract thing. You can do things with it. We are just at the beginning. I thought that the input of psychology into behavioral economics was done. But hearing Sendhil was very encouraging because there was a lot of new psychology there. That conversation is continuing and it looks to me as if that conversation is going to go forward. It’s pretty intuitive, based on research, good theory, and important. — Daniel Kahneman · Go to A short course in behaviorial economics →
A short course in thinking about thinking with Daniel Kahneman
Friday, March 12, 2010 · Topics: decision-making, neuroscience, psychology, thinking
From edge.org: A 2-day master class given by Kahneman for a group of twenty leading American business/Internet/culture innovators—a microcosm of the recently dominant sector of American business — in Napa, California in July 2007. They came to hear him lecture on his ideas and research in diverse fields such as human judgment, decision making and behavioral economics and well-being. · Go to A short course in thinking about thinking with Daniel Kahneman →
