Have you ever noticed that the more you fret about making some sort of mistake – tripping as you walk up to the stage, missing the basket when everyone is staring, blurting out something stupid when you meet the Queen – the more likely you are to do it? Harvard psychologist Dan Wegner has looked [...]
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Which one of the following superpowers would you most like to possess: the ability to: a) read people’s minds, b) time travel, c) fly, d) teleport or e) turn invisible? What’s one thing you will definitely do with your impressive new skill? The driving motive behind the magic choice is interesting. Some will use their [...]
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It’s amazing what you can learn poking through some of the better-designed apps. A great example is theguardianeyewitness app. The UK newspaper culls its offerings for just one arresting photo a day. This picture of charging muskoxen, for instance, is shot by Eric Pierre and displayed on an Ipad. The best part, for budding photographers, is [...]
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Imagine a happy face. How is that different from a sad, angry, surprised, fearful or disgusted face? What emotions do you see on the face pictured above? Psychologists have found that people across scattered cultures can recognize at least 6 core emotions: happiness, surprise, fear, disgust, anger and sadness. Recent research in the Journal of Experimental [...]
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