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consciousness
Psychology
Positive psychology
You Are Not So Smart
The Misconception: There is nothing better in the world than getting paid to do what you love. The Truth: Getting paid for doing what you already enjoy will sometimes cause your love for the task to wane because you attribute your motivation as coming from the reward, not your internal feelings. Office Space - Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox
Visual Thinking
The art of data visualization
Tapping our powers of persuasion
Most psychologists will read this “Questionnaire” with Robert Cialdini, PhD.
Top 10 Thinking Traps Exposed
O ur minds set up many traps for us. Unless we’re aware of them, these traps can seriously hinder our ability to think rationally, leading us to bad reasoning and making stupid decisions. Features of our minds that are meant to help us may, eventually, get us into trouble. “Is the population of Turkey greater than 35 million? What’s your best estimate?”Language
Below you can find the Top 50 Brain Teasers and Games that our readers have enjoyed the most. It is always good to learn about our brains and to exercise them! 7. How are your divided attention skills? Check out “Inside and Outside” (Interactive). 13.
SharpBrains
Edge has a fascinating video interview with philosopher Alva Noë who discusses his work on the philosophy of consciousness, arguing that we will be led astray if we think of consciousness solely as a brain process that happens within us without reference to how we act in the world. Noë is primarily arguing for a form of embodied cognition which argues that the mind and brain can only be understood as situated in the world in which we interact.
The dance of consciousness « Mind Hacks