epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2013-05-14 | Author:Rolf Dobelli [Dobelli, Rolf]

64 How to Expose a Charlatan Forer Effect Dear reader, it may surprise you, but I know you personally. This is how I would sum you up: “You have a ...

mobi, pdf |eng | 2007-07-05 | Author:Gerd Gigerenzer

Since the first reason already allows for a decision, the search for further information is stopped, all other potential reasons are ignored, and the parents go for alternative A. On ...

mobi |eng | 2013-01-02 | Author:Rolf Dobelli

Document Outline Dedication Title Page Imprint Page Contents Introduction 1 WHY YOU SHOULD VISIT CEMETERIES: Survivorship Bias 2 DOES HARVARD MAKE YOU SMARTER?: Swimmer’s Body Illusion 3 WHY YOU SEE ...

epub |eng | 2014-09-23 | Author:Matt Richtel [Richtel, Matt]

“MAY I GIVE YOU some information?” Reggie asked the woman. She said yes. He gave her a pamphlet about the Church of Latter-day Saints, and a phone number to call ...

epub |eng | 1993-04-20 | Author:Gardner, Howard E. [Gardner, Howard E.]

The Development of Bodily Intelligence in the Individual The prehistoric origins of bodily intelligence, and its relation to language and other cognitive functions, may forever be wrapped in uncertainty; but ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-17 | Author:Dan Gardner [Gardner, Dan]

THE CONFIDENCE GAME In much the same way, a strong, enthusiastic, confident speaking style has a power that transcends mere rationality—a power the psychologist Stephen Ceci demonstrated in an ingenious ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-29 | Author:Duncan J. Watts [Watts, Duncan J.]

FUTURE SHOCK No matter how carefully you adhere to this advice, a serious limitation with all prediction methods is that they are only reliable to the extent that the same ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Dan Ariely

Consider the story of Andrew Potok, a blind writer who lives in Vermont. Potok was a gifted painter who gradually began losing his sight to an inherited eye disease, retinitis ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-01-04 | Author:DiSalvo, David [DiSalvo, David]

The Sway of Metaphor Whether in person or on screen, one of the strongest influences on our thinking is woven into the verbiage all of us use in discussions big ...

epub |eng | 2013-09-17 | Author:Graziano, Michael S. A. [Graziano, Michael S. A.]

11 Consciousness as Integrated Information In the previous chapter I discussed one of the most common theoretical approaches to consciousness—the social construction of consciousness. A second common theoretical approach is ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-28 | Author:Susan Blackmore

Chapter 6 Conscious will Do we have free will? Hold out your hand in front of you and – whenever you feel like it, and of your own free will ...

epub |eng | 2014-11-03 | Author:Jarrett, Christian

Bodily Effects on Thoughts and Morality Those last two studies involving marbles and upward movements come from an emerging field in psychology known as “embodied cognition,” (also sometimes referred to ...

epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2011-05-24 | Author:Michael Shermer [Shermer, Michael]

Figure 8. A Bipedal Dinosaur as Alien ET In a rerun of the history of life on earth, if dinosaurs had survived might some of them become bipedal tool users? ...

mobi |eng | 2013-01-11 | Author:Halpern, Diane F. & Riggio, Heidi R. [Halpern, Diane F.]

Extra Feature How to Make Reasoned Judgments About Controversial Research Read the original research, if possible. Identify the conclusions – What do the authors want you to believe and do? ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2014-09-22 | Author:Walter Mischel

PROTECTING SELF-REGARD: SELF-ENHANCEMENT The psychological immune system finds ways for us to avoid hating ourselves for bad outcomes and credit ourselves for the good ones. It lets us attribute the ...