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Cognitive Psychology
Can we learn to always look on the bright side of life?
Temple Grandin's story reveals how embracing neurodiversity can lead to groundbreaking innovations and more successful teams.
It's simpler, more compact, and reusable from year-to-year in a way that no other calendar is. Here's both how it works and how to use it.
How black and white is your thinking?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Just because you can't experience it doesn't mean it's not real.
Plato's cave metaphor illustrates the cognitive trap of ignorance, where we may be unaware of the limitations of our understanding.
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"Humans, like most mammals, tend to shut down in really frightening situations for which they have no training or prior experience. Researchers call it negative panic. People do nothing. They shut down."
While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?
When we see pictures from Hubble or JWST, they show the Universe in a series of brilliant colors. But what do those colors really tell us?
The color of the shirt you're wearing right now depends on many factors, from your eye shape to what language you speak.
Take it from Bezos, Musk, and Einstein — rethinking lines of inquiry can transform business, investing, and innovation strategy.
From tribal hunts to Stonehenge and into the modern day, the peer instinct helps humans coordinate their efforts and learning.
The late philosopher suggested adding a couple of “Occam’s heuristics” to your critical thinking toolbox.
Changing the narrative on false memories might be surprisingly simple.
A simple plate of vegetables has found the gaping blindspots in generative AI, and points the way to fixing them.
New evidence suggests the corvid family has surprising mental abilities.
From hunter-gathers to desk jockeys, we work best when short, intense sessions are followed by lighter fare.
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“People will claim that something is rigorous because it's by an authority figure or it's written in a book. But anyone can write a book.”
How Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky cracked open behavioral economics and enlightened all our choices.
Thinking of a number between one and ten? Here's how predictable human responses create the illusion of telepathy.
A perfect map is as useless as it is impossible to create.
In "Not Born Yesterday," author and cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier makes the case that misinformation is overrated — and other human foibles are underrated.
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“How is it possible to do work that you’re proud of and not feel like your job is encroaching on all parts of your life?” Cal Newport, Author of ‘Slow Productivity,’ explains.
It's knowledgeable, confident, and behaves human-like in many ways. But it's not magic that powers AI though; it's just math and data.
Cognitive systems famously posited by psychologist Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) may hold the key to a more productive and focused work environment.
The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.
Is a repressed memory always so bad?
Our “embodied minds” suggest an eventual escape from mortality via computer is unlikely.
The road from Kant to modern cognitive psychology has taught us much about our mental filtering systems.