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Category Archives: Psychology
Capuchin Monkeys Recognize Unfairness
Dutch experimenters show that Capuchin monkeys are happy with cucumber as a reward for handing the experimenter rocks, but when they are allowed to observe another monkey receiving grapes for the same task, they refuse to continue. Also the one … Continue reading
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Tagged animal psychology, capuchin monkeys, fairness, monkeys, pay, psychology, reward
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Babies: Smarter than You Give Them Credit For
Babies: Smarter than You Give Them Credit For I try to talk to and treat children more like adults. It’s a good way of getting them to like you, especially teenagers who crave that sort of recognition. Turns out even … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, conversation, development, infants, language, learning, psychology
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Art Critics Turn Out to Have Been Bullshitters All Along
Art Critics Turn Out to Have Been Bullshitters All Along Big fucking surprise
*Mescaline* Makes Scientists Solve Pretty Much Everything in Hours
*Mescaline* Makes Scientists Solve Pretty Much Everything in Hours The 26 men unleashed a slew of widely embraced innovations shortly after their [*Mescaline*] experiences, including a mathematical theorem for NOR gate circuits, a conceptual model of a photon, a linear … Continue reading
Single Women Seek Attached Men
Single Women Seek Attached Men Study shows that single women are far more likely to be interested in men who are already in a relationship, engaging in “mate poaching”. Good evidence for the pre-selection-by-other-women hypothesis
Three Psych. Experiments on “Evil”
Three Psych. Experiments on “Evil” Three videos probably narrated by Morgan Freeman for some reason about psychology experiments on morals, empathy, sociopathy, and causing harm
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Tagged empathy, harm, morals, pain, psychology, psychopathy, sociopathy, sympathy
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People Fail to Make Accurate Predictions About Probability Because of Mental Shortcuts (Representativeness Heuristic)
People Fail to Make Accurate Predictions About Probability Because of Mental Shortcuts (Representativeness Heuristic) Several ways people fail to judge and estimate things due to heuristics
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Tagged estimation, heuristics, judgment, prediction, psychology
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Angry Internet Comments Prove to Be Making Everyone More Retarded
Angry Internet Comments Prove to Be Making Everyone More Retarded Turns out being a loud dickhead on the Internet changes opinions, but civil discourse doesn’t. It says a lot about human gullibility, but I’m sure this study will instead be … Continue reading →