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PsyBlog is an academic psychology blog discussing current research and theories. The Stream has links to psychological articles from around the web. More » (Source: Alexa)
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Audience:
(English)
Editorial
Edited By:
Leo Romero
Last Edit:
Mar 8, 2008 - 11:01 AM PST
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Top Topics:
Sci/Tech (12), Psychology (11), Health (11), Business (3), Finance (2), Corporate Governance (1), Living (1), Arts (1)
Top Authors:
Jeremy Dean (6)
Top Formats:
Opinion (7), Review (5)
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Why You're a Sucker for the Impact Bias
() Psychologists have found that the impact bias is one reason we are often poor at predicting how future events will affect us emotionally. The impact bias is our tendency to ...Posted by Leo Romero -
10 Mind-Myths: Do Any of These Catch You Out?
() Think our attitudes predict our behaviours? Think we only use 10% of our brains? Think blind people's other senses are more acute? Think again.Posted by Leo Romero -
Do Big Money Bonuses Really Increase Job Performance?
() Some top executives are now paid very large one-off bonuses for meeting their performance targets. The theory is that setting and rewarding the attainment of targets increases ...Posted by Leo Romero -
6 Quirks of Ownership: How Possessions Bend Our Perceptions
() Anyone who's ever tried to sell a house, a car, or practically anything, quickly discovers that buyers and sellers rarely see eye-to-eye on price. A quick skim through the ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Avoid The Relativity Trap - How Thinking Globally Can Save You Money
() Research shows that when making spending decisions we try to avoid difficult comparisons - but it's the easy comparisons that can get us into trouble. Rationally everyone ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Psychology of Money: What Do We Want To Know?
() This week PsyBlog is dedicated to the psychology of money. Over the next week or so I hope you'll join me on a journey into the psychology of money. Send me your questions ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Attitude-Behaviour Gap: Why We Say One Thing But Do The Opposite
() Mind-myth 9: It's only natural to think a person's attitudes and behaviours are directly related. If someone says, while truly believing it, that they're not a racist, you'd ...Posted by Leo Romero -
At Creativity's Heart: Balancing Chaotic and Ordered Thinking
() For some people creativity and chaotic thinking naturally go hand-in-hand, but for others it doesn't. Finke and Bettle (1996) pick up on this continuum between two types of ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Two Brains for the Price of One?
() Mind-myth 6: Everyone has heard the idea that our left-brains are logical, verbal, rational and scientific while our right brains are spatial, emotional, intuitive and ...Posted by Leo Romero -
7 Sins of Memory: Complete Guide
() Psychologists have found that right from the moment an event occurs, is laid down in memory (or not), to the moment we try to retrieve it (or can't), our minds are fallible. ...Posted by Leo Romero
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