The body is also uniquely capable of grounding abstract concepts in the concrete terms that the brain understands best. Abstract concepts are the order of…
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Tag: Psychology and Psychologists
TED Talks Won’t Treat Your Depression
Other recent blockbuster ideas in psychology are also steeped in this ideology. Take mind-set interventions, which are designed to shift people’s mind-sets from “fixed” (“I…
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How to Build Healthy Habits
We’re all creatures of habit. We tend to wake up at the same time each day, brush our teeth, have morning coffee and commute to…
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Something Bothering You? Tell It to Woebot.
Instead, she says, the bot delivers “digital therapeutics.” And Woebot’s terms of service call it a “pure self-help” program that is not meant for emergencies.…
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Does Individualism Make Americans Selfish? Research Says No.
The United States is notable for its individualism. The results of several large surveys assessing the values held by the people of various nations consistently…
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It Might Be Time to Break Up Your Pandemic Pod
Then, despite having agreed as a group to a set of strict safety standards, the podmates began to stray. Confessions were made of a clandestine…
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For a Fairer World, It’s Necessary First to Cut Through the ‘Noise’
These inconsistencies are all about noise, which Kahneman, Sibony and Sunstein define as “unwanted variability in judgments.” Sometimes we treasure variability — in artistic tastes,…
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Daniel Kahneman Says Humans Are Noisy. (He’s Not Talking About Volume.)
[MUSIC – THEME, “SWAY”] (SINGING) When you walk in the room, do you have sway? kara swisher I’m Kara Swisher, and you’re listening to “Sway.”…
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How to Conquer Feelings of Guilt During the Pandemic
Talking it through with a trusted friend or, if your thoughts are pervasive, with a therapist, can help you analyze your thinking and any assumptions…
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After a Traumatizing Year, Black People Turn to Therapy
Dr. Lewis said some Black people were experiencing a form of “shared trauma” as a result of the news media’s coverage of the George Floyd…
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