Psychology

Good News, Science 2.0 Writers- Women Prefer Arrogant Men

Let's be honest- in the 21st century the wussification of men has been in full force.   Being a man is out if that means not being a politically correct, hyper-sensitive, asexual, homogenized follower of all that is cool and popular among the cultural ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 20 2012 - 5:36pm

Hedge Fund Managers, Uncertainty And Storytelling

My last post got me thinking a bit more about uncertainty and decision making. It reminded me of a podcast I had listened to a while back, on uncertainty, storytelling and hedge fund managers. It is based on the work of David Tuckett at University College ...

Article - Asha John - Aug 1 2010 - 12:27am

The Brain on Stories

In my last post I wrote about how Hedge Fund managers base their choices on “stories” they weave with the information they gather. If you believe in rationality and evidence based thinking, the thought that these men responsible for such obscene amounts of ...

Blog Post - Asha John - Aug 2 2010 - 10:19pm

Atheists are more dedicated to Atheism than the average Christians.

Not so long ago I started adding atheists to my Facebook account. I added about 100 of them and at least 20 of them are aggressive atheists. Aggressive atheist are easy to recognize, they often have the red ''A'' of atheism on their pro ...

Blog Post - Jean-Sebastien B.... - Mar 13 2011 - 1:56am

The Satisfaction of Identification: Empathizing and Systemizing Quotients and Mystery Plants

We are driven (some of us more than others) to identify, classify, and organize. ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Aug 5 2010 - 3:49pm

Why Are Some Things Funny In Some Situations? They Are Benign

Why are some things funny? Philosophers have asked that for millenia but two marketing people think they've come up with the formula: humor comes from a violation or threat to the way the world ought to be that is, at the same time, benign.  Most theo ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2010 - 7:27pm

Psychology Of Terrorism: 'Fused' People Want To Die For Their Group

The majority of "fused" people, those who view themselves as completely immersed in a group, are willing to commit extreme acts for the good of their compatriots, says research soon to appear in  Psychological Science. In the study, the researche ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2010 - 12:12pm

The Science Of Pleasure: Part II- Your Brain On Sexual Imagery

Sexual images trigger chemical reactions in your brain, which in turn compel us to act in specific ways, or be drawn to certain things, or motivated to engage in particular behaviors. It's common nowadays to have consultants whose job it is to find ou ...

Article - Andrea Kuszewski - Aug 31 2010 - 2:20pm

Propaganda- An Application Of Cognitive Science

Propaganda- An Application Of The Forgetting Curve Learning curves,  forgetting curves, adjacency and the scientific roots of the black art of propaganda. ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 14 2010 - 9:40pm

How Relevant Is Neuroscience To Positive Psychology?

Not long ago, many scientists had the belief that after the age of about three, the brain was pretty much fixed in function. You could imprint new memories and learn new skills, but that was about it.  There was an opposing belief too, that said the brain ...

Article - Warren Davies - Aug 15 2010 - 3:43pm