Last week I dropped John Safran’s name with reference to an anecdote he made on the radio. I noted, soon after, that he visited the site and linked to it from his twitter. This week, in celebration of knowing that sentient beings – and not just web-crawling viagra bots – visit my site I thought [...]... Ysseldyk R, Matheson K, & Anisman H. (2010) Religiosity as identity:
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November 24, 2009
You told me that already! Why we're so poor at remembering to whom we told what
It can take some bottle to share an anecdote, so it's somewhat harsh when your friend shoots you down with an impatient accusation that you've told them this story before. You'd think they'd be more understanding - most of us seem to be far better at remembering who's told us what compared with to whom we've told what. Psychologists characterise this as a distinction between "source memory" and "
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July 29, 2009
Sensing destruction
The New York Times has an interesting article on the role of 'hunches' in how soldiers detect roadside bombs.The article is a little bit cobbled together, alternating anecdote with some indirectly related studies that seem to be included on the basis of speculation, but it does mention one 'in progress' study which seems particularly interesting.In the past two years, an Army researcher, Steven B
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