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Would People Rather Give Themselves a Shock Than Sit And Think?
Dr. Timothy Wilson is a social psychologist at the University of Virginia. He joins us in this HumanTech podcast to talk about research on how self-stories affect our behavior, and his new research on the things people are willing to do to not have to just sit…
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The Next 100 Things You Need To Know About People: #119 — Games Can Enhance Brain Flexibility
When my son was about six years old, we were shopping in Target. He saw a group of ten-to thirteen-year-olds playing video games on the demo machines, and was fascinated (video games were not part of his life at that time), so he stopped to…
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The Next 100 Things You Need To Know About People: #118 — You Can’t Trust Memories
How accurate are memories? Did you see the movie Inside Out? In the movie memories are stored as round colored balls. And the balls can be retrieved and played back. This seems intuitively right. You think back to when you were last at a family…
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The Next 100 Things You Need To Know About People: #117 — Why People Spend More When They Use A Credit Card
Budget and financial counselors often advise people to withdraw cash each week and use it to pay for daily and weekly expenses rather than putting purchases on a credit card. The theory is that if you see the money leaving your wallet, you’ll spend less. The…
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The Next 100 Things You Need To Know About People: #116 — Everyone Can Be Creative
Creativity isn’t a trait that some people have and others don’t. Before I explain why that’s true, let me first define what I mean by creativity. If one hundred people looked at the same abstract painting by Jackson Pollock, many of them might say, “Oh,…
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The Best Psychology Books You Should Read
Every few years I update my list of favorite psychology books and it’s that time again. It turns out that this is my most popular blog post. There are a lot of people searching on Google for “Best Psychology Books”. So here’s my latest list.…
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The Next 100 Things You Need To Know About People: #115 — Emotions Are Contagious
One time when in Chicago I went to an improv theater performance. I’d had a busy week, and it was fairly late at night. I was tired and not that excited to be there. In fact, I’d been thinking of not going at all. As…
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The Next 100 Things You Need To Know About People: #114 — Great Stories Release Brain Chemicals
George Lucas and the Hero’s Journey — In 1975 George Lucas had written two drafts of Star Wars, but the story had not yet “come together”. He then re-read a 1949 book by Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Lucas had read the book first…
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The Next 100 Things You Need To Know About People: #113 — Some Gestures Are More Natural Than Others
Tell a friend about the last time you went to visit a family member, and you’ll notice that you’re moving your hands and arms while telling the story. Your body is gesturing without you even thinking about it. It’s often thought that people gesture while they…
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Reserve Your Speaking/Interview Slot Now
We’re putting together our speaking and interview calendar for the rest of 2016 and early 2017. In addition to yours truly (the brain lady), we’ve got another person for you to consider to speak at your event or interview for your blog or podcast — my…
