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Category:Psychology experiments. Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code. Behavioural Dynamics Institute. Ode to Empathy. The discussion around empathy seems to be growing exponentially.

Ode to Empathy

From the huge splash Brené Brown is making with her work on shame, vulnerability and empathy to Jeremy Rifkin’s vision of our moving towards an Empathic Civilization, empathy is becoming a 21st century buzzword. And rightfully so. With the emergence of a global civilization, we need to move beyond the “us and them” mentality that lends itself to so much conflict, violence, and self-destruction.

An absolutely essential ingredient for this is empathy. Empathy is the act of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, as the vernacular goes. Changing the Narrative of Human Nature. Morality Quiz/Test your Morals, Values & Ethics - Your Morals.Org. Cherokee Language Lessons Eastern Dialect. Positive Psychology Exercises for Life Happiness: Psychology Studies to Improve Relationships and Bring Happiness.

Five easy positive psychology exercises can help you improve your relationship and be happier.

Positive Psychology Exercises for Life Happiness: Psychology Studies to Improve Relationships and Bring Happiness

Each of these exercises, resulting from psychology studies, offer the benefits of greater happiness, contentment, and life satisfaction. How to know it all. The way to know it all is to change the definition of “all.”

How to know it all

Schools do this, for example, by defining “all” to mean everything on a test. Conway's Game of Life. "Conway game" redirects here.

Conway's Game of Life

For Conway's surreal number game theory, see surreal number. The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.[1] The "game" is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input.

One interacts with the Game of Life by creating an initial configuration and observing how it evolves or, for advanced players, by creating patterns with particular properties. Rules[edit] Bypassing_the_Will_2005.pdf (application/pdf Object) Polyphasic sleep. Evolution of direct reciprocity under uncertainty can explain human generosity in one-shot encounters. How to Hack Your Brain. How neuroscience is transforming our understanding of economics. Photograph courtesy the International Monetary Fund.

How neuroscience is transforming our understanding of economics

Amazon. Eye Direction and Lying - How to detect lies from the direction of an individual's gaze / visual accessing cues. Interesting Info -> Lying Index -> Eye Direction & Visual Accessing Cues Eye Movement and Direction & How it Can Reveal Truth or Lies This is a continuation of our previous article Detecting Lies.

Eye Direction and Lying - How to detect lies from the direction of an individual's gaze / visual accessing cues.

Many comments by our visitors asked about how eye direction can indicate the presence of a lie. Can the direction a person's eyes reveal whether or not they are making a truthful statement? Short answer: sort of. In these shows a detective will deduce if a person is being untruthful simply because they looked to the left or right while making a statement. How to Memorize Anything You Want: A Quick Primer on Mental Mapping. The Century Of The Self-Full Length Documentary. The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight. The Misconception: You celebrate diversity and respect others’ points of view.

The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight

The Truth: You are driven to create and form groups and then believe others are wrong just because they are others. Source: “Lord of the Flies,” 1963, Two Arts Ltd. In 1954, in eastern Oklahoma, two tribes of children nearly killed each other. The neighboring tribes were unaware of each other’s existence. Separately, they lived among nature, played games, constructed shelters, prepared food – they knew peace. Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability. Revenge of the Introvert. There are as many introverts as extraverts, but you'd never know it by looking around. Introverts would rather be entertained by what's going on in their heads than in seeking happiness. Their big challenge is not to feel like outsiders in their own culture. by Laurie Helgoe, Ph.D. After ten years as a psychologist practicing psychodynamic psychotherapy , I reclined on the couch of my own analyst feeling burdened by my chosen work. Resources.

Half a Menger Sponge with Hexagonal Cross-Section. Credit: As far as I know, Sebastien Perez Duarte was the first to pose this puzzle.

Half a Menger Sponge with Hexagonal Cross-Section

His computer-rendered image is here. (And as far as I know, my nylon model shown above is the first physical model of this.) Mindfulness Practices – to try for yourself. Top 10 Strange Phenomena of the Mind. Humans.

Top 10 Strange Phenomena of the Mind

15 Styles of Distorted Thinking. The Top 10 Psychology Studies of 2010. The end of 2010 fast approaches, and I'm thrilled to have been asked by the editors of Psychology Today to write about the Top 10 psychology studies of the year. I've focused on studies that I personally feel stand out, not only as examples of great science, but even more importantly, as examples of how the science of psychology can improve our lives. Each study has a clear "take home" message, offering the reader an insight or a simple strategy they can use to reach their goals , strengthen their relationships, make better decisions, or become happier. If you extract the wisdom from these ten studies and apply them in your own life, 2011 just might be a very good year. 1) How to Break Bad Habits If you are trying to stop smoking , swearing, or chewing your nails, you have probably tried the strategy of distracting yourself - taking your mind off whatever it is you are trying not to do - to break the habit.

J. 2) How to Make Everything Seem Easier. 50 Life Secrets and Tips. Memorize something everyday.Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment.

50 Life Secrets and Tips

Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options.Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions.Those who are heavy-set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around. Willpower — By Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney — Book Review. The Limits of Empathy. How to Deal With Crappy People Altucher Confidential.

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Personality Revealed By How You Judge Others. Watch out, what you say about others may actually be like holding a mirror to yourself. A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology examined “perceiver effects,” a tendency for people to view others as having the same personality and motives as they do. Your IQ, your gender, and your attitude may reveal more about your own personality than you think.

Three separate studies were conducted on college undergraduates to determine the extent that personal characteristics affect a person’s perception of other people. Research participants with positive perceptions of others were more likely to be satisfied with their own life. They were less likely to be depressed. Century of the self. PsycPORT Article.

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