Psychology Cognition - Dangerous Intersection

William James, on the effect of repetition

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Post published:March 1, 2013
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-- Daniel Kahneman discusses the "mere exposure effect" in his 2011 book, Thinking, Fast and Slow. Humans tend to like the things to which they are repeatedly exposed.

Considering Cults and the Need for Meaning

Post author:Mark Tiedemann
Post published:February 27, 2013
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Recently, I finished reading Lawrence Wright’s new book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollwood, & the Prison of Belief, about Scientology. It’s a lucid history and examination of the movement. [More . . . ]

Five psychology experiments that demonstrate the dark side of human nature.

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Post published:February 13, 2013
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Here are five classic social psychology experiments summarized.

The cognitive styles of conservatives and liberals

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:February 13, 2013
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PLOS offers another bit of evidence that political preferences might have their genesis at low-level cognitive processes:

Liberals and conservatives engage different cognitive processes when they think about risk, and they support recent evidence that conservatives show greater sensitivity to threatening stimuli.

Here are more attempts to tie political persuasion to lower level phenomena.

Interview to remember

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Post published:February 5, 2013
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The free spirit being interviewed, "Kai," describes how he saved a woman who was being attacked. Fascinating character study.

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