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Why Automatic Stereotyping Happens

Posted in implicit measures, intuition on December 8, 2006 | 1 Comment »

A recent Cognitive Daily post pointed me to an interesting-looking study on implicit stereotyping. It argues that executive function (the ability to control our actions) may play some role in implicit racism. I should read the actual article someday. Here is the reference:
Payne, B.K. (2005). Conceptualizing control in social cognition: How executive [...]

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Believing You Can Get Smarter Makes You Smarter

Posted in intelligence on November 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Interesting little article about how believing that intelligence is malleable actually improved peoples’ grades. Cites research by Aronson and colleagues.  Of course, an improvement in grades doesn’t mean improvement in intelligence (things like motivation and self esteem probably play a big role here), so the title is a bit misleading. Still, interesting stuff, [...]

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Mysterious ‘Neural Noise’ Actually Primes Brain for Peak Performance

Posted in cognitive, intuition, rationality on November 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a science blog article describing research on how the “noisy” nature of neurons in the brain may actually explain how we do all sorts of complicated Bayesian reasoning instantly. Neat.
Neural Noise Primes Brain for Peak Performance

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The Future is Now – Dean Radin

Posted in intuition, parapsychology on November 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Brief review of “intuitions” for future events, especially with skin resistance studies.  (Scroll down halfway through article).
Radin – The Future is Now

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Trends in Cognitive Ability (Flynn Effect) – Teasdale & Owen

Posted in intelligence, technology, video games on November 3, 2006 | 2 Comments »

Examining the Flynn effect in Danish participants.  What’s most interesting to me is the speculation that video games may be responsible for an increase in spatial abilities.  They’re not so bad after all.
Trends in Cognitive Ability (Flynn Effect) – Teasdale & Owen

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Self-Percieved Intuitiveness – Rogers & Wiseman

Posted in intuition, parapsychology, personality on November 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

They label this as an “initial” exploration, but intuition has been studied quite a bit. They take a different approach, though, and this looks like it’s worth reading. Wiseman has been skeptical of parapsychology in the past, but unlike many skeptics, actually does research to test his debunkings. That’s the way to [...]

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