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Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: The Importance of Perspective-Taking
Scientific American: I often find myself walking into the kitchen (or the living room or bedroom or wherever), unable to recall why I was going there in the first place. What I do in those
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When Should You Avoid Dealing With Emotions?
Huffington Post: One of the cornerstones of alcoholism recovery is what’s called “emotional sobriety.” The idea is that alcoholics and other addicts, if they hope to stay sober over the long haul, must learn to
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New Research From Psychological Science
Natural-Scene Perception Requires Attention Michael A. Cohen, George A. Alvarez, and Ken Nakayama Many studies have indicated that visual awareness can occur in the absence of attention, but this new study contradicts those findings. Participants
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Learning from your mistakes is all in the mind
The Telegraph: How people react to their mistakes depends on their mindset, and whether people believe it is not worth trying harder if they fail a test, psychologists said. The study, to be published in
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How Your Brain Reacts To Mistakes Depends On Your Mindset
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t—you’re right,” said Henry Ford. A new study, to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds
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Il sesto senso per gli «untori»
Corriere della Sera: Secondo uno studio delle Università del Kentucky e della Florida pubblicato su Psychological Science, quando siamo convalescenti sviluppiamo una sorta di sesto senso nei confronti di chi potrebbe essere portatore di un