Why is it, that you eat that extra helping of ice cream, even though you know full well, that it's not good for you? Why do you smoke that cigarette and why don't you go out and exercise? We may now have the answer!
It seems that we use our emotions short-term decisions … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: Psychology
Inside your head
Consciousness – an illusion?
In an article entitled The Grand Illusion: Why consciousness only exists when you look for it, Dr. Susan Blackmore looks at different models of consciousness.
It seems that most of our current thinking on consciousness is being contradicted by modern brain research, and that a new model is needed.
If you are not yet feeling perplexed … Continue Reading ››
Linkshare
A few interesting links:
World Database of happiness - An ongoing register of scientific research on subjective appreciation of life.
Learn improv - Lots of improv exercises for all occasions.
Using moral imagination for irreplicable strategic advantage - It pays to be moral according to this paper.
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World Database of happiness - An ongoing register of scientific research on subjective appreciation of life.
Learn improv - Lots of improv exercises for all occasions.
Using moral imagination for irreplicable strategic advantage - It pays to be moral according to this paper.
Continue Reading ››
Dial “C” for comfortable
I somehow stumbled upon the website of George Sheehan, a doctor who played a vital part in the fitness and running boom in the 70s. The site has a lot of his essays, one of which is about comfort:
In preaching the gospel of fitness, I emphasize the word 'comfortable.' Whatever the … Continue Reading ››
In preaching the gospel of fitness, I emphasize the word 'comfortable.' Whatever the … Continue Reading ››
Suggestions for a happier life
I was net-researching the discipline of positive psychology, and found the website of David G. Myers, which is a veritable gold mine of information on being happy and many other issues besides.
I especially enjoyed the list of 10 suggestions for a happier life. Basic stuff, but still true.
Positive psychology … Continue Reading ››
I especially enjoyed the list of 10 suggestions for a happier life. Basic stuff, but still true.
Positive psychology … Continue Reading ››
Rule #1
What would the world look like, if we all didn't do stuff we didn't want to do? Let's say you're a college student and you don't feel like going to classes today and you simply stay home or do something else. Or let's say you don't want to go to work today and instead stay … Continue Reading ››
When I hurt, you hurt
Researchers at Stanford University have found, that when we see other people get hurt, our brain shows some of the same reaction as when we get hurt ourselves.
Researchers at Stanford University in California obtained their findings from studying people's brain activity while they watched videos of other people being hurt, such as clips … Continue Reading ››
Researchers at Stanford University in California obtained their findings from studying people's brain activity while they watched videos of other people being hurt, such as clips … Continue Reading ››
Neuroscience on the job
This interview with Dr. Joseph LeDoux explains some basics of neuroscience and then goes on to examine what some of this may mean on the job.
In truth, most of what we do, we do unconsciously, and then rationalize the decision consciously after the fact. This doesn?t mean we do everything important without … Continue Reading ››
In truth, most of what we do, we do unconsciously, and then rationalize the decision consciously after the fact. This doesn?t mean we do everything important without … Continue Reading ››
Incentives do not work
If you want your employees to perform well, conventional wisdom says that you must give them lots of incentives. Stuff like free phone calls, company cars, gold stars, employee of the month awards are necessary, right? Wrong! Incentives, and the ensuing competition, actually make matters worse, and remove peoples attention from their work. This makes … Continue Reading ››
Being excluded hurts – literally
An article on CNN, reports on a UCLA study that shows that when people feel rejected or let out, this activates the same center in the brains as physical pain.
"The ACC is the same part of the brain that has been found to be associated with the unpleasantness of physical pain, the part … Continue Reading ››
"The ACC is the same part of the brain that has been found to be associated with the unpleasantness of physical pain, the part … Continue Reading ››