Cognitive
Champion of Public Speaking Explains How Deals with Stage Fright
September 7, 2016
"Many people think that you get rid of the butterflies in your stomach, and said, ''You looked so confident on stage!'" Tay told Business Insider. "But really at the end of the day it's not about getting rid of the butterflies in the stomach. It's about taking that energy and making it fly in formation."Tay broke down his pre-presentation ritual that he uses to get those butterflies in order. 1. Contextualize that rush of energy Stanford professor Kelly McGonigal explained the science behind...
September 7, 2016
"Many people think that you get rid of the butterflies in your stomach, and said, ''You looked so confident on stage!'" Tay told Business Insider. "But really at the end of the day it's not about getting rid of the butterflies in the stomach. It's about taking that energy and making it fly in formation."Tay broke down his pre-presentation ritual that he uses to get those butterflies in order. 1. Contextualize that rush of energy Stanford professor Kelly McGonigal explained the science behind...
Does Having a Plan B Sabotage Your Plan A?
August 22, 2016
A recent research study (Shin and Milkman, 2016) revealed the dangers and risks of having a “Plan B" when you truly want your “Plan A” to succeed. The researchers found that once you begin thinking about a fallback plan, your desire to achieve your ultimate goal decreases. The researchers conducted a series of three experiments in which people were asked to think about an alternate plan in the event that their original effort were to fail. They found that those who were encouraged to develop...
August 22, 2016
A recent research study (Shin and Milkman, 2016) revealed the dangers and risks of having a “Plan B" when you truly want your “Plan A” to succeed. The researchers found that once you begin thinking about a fallback plan, your desire to achieve your ultimate goal decreases. The researchers conducted a series of three experiments in which people were asked to think about an alternate plan in the event that their original effort were to fail. They found that those who were encouraged to develop...
3 Reasons We Make Terrible Decisions
August 20, 2016
We all consciously make bad decisions sometimes. They can be small, like funneling sleeves of Thin Mints when we’re ostensibly on a diet, or sending an angry email in the heat of the moment. And sometimes they're big, like having an affair, relapsing into drugs, or getting a tattoo of the KFC Double Down sandwich (this actually happened). There’s even an entire city built on the knowledge that we do stupid things: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Today we’ll talk about three reasons...
August 20, 2016
We all consciously make bad decisions sometimes. They can be small, like funneling sleeves of Thin Mints when we’re ostensibly on a diet, or sending an angry email in the heat of the moment. And sometimes they're big, like having an affair, relapsing into drugs, or getting a tattoo of the KFC Double Down sandwich (this actually happened). There’s even an entire city built on the knowledge that we do stupid things: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Today we’ll talk about three reasons...
How Magicians Make You Stupid
August 19, 2016
Magicians are intuitive psychologists, reverse-engineering the mind and preying on all its weak spots. They build illusions out of our frailties, hiding rabbits in our attentional blind spots and distracting the eyes with hand waves and wands. And while people in the audience might be aware of their perceptual shortcomings – those fingers move so fast! - they are often blind to a crucial cognitive limitation, which allows magicians to keep us from deciphering the trick. In short, magicians know...
August 19, 2016
Magicians are intuitive psychologists, reverse-engineering the mind and preying on all its weak spots. They build illusions out of our frailties, hiding rabbits in our attentional blind spots and distracting the eyes with hand waves and wands. And while people in the audience might be aware of their perceptual shortcomings – those fingers move so fast! - they are often blind to a crucial cognitive limitation, which allows magicians to keep us from deciphering the trick. In short, magicians know...
Nudges That Fail
August 18, 2016
Why are some nudges ineffective, or at least less effective than choice architects hope and expect? Focusing primarily on default rules, this essay emphasizes two reasons. The first involves strong antecedent preferences on the part of choosers. The second involves successful “counternudges,” which persuade people to choose in a way that confounds the efforts of choice architects. Nudges might also be ineffective, and less effective than expected, for five other reasons. (1) Some nudges produce...
August 18, 2016
Why are some nudges ineffective, or at least less effective than choice architects hope and expect? Focusing primarily on default rules, this essay emphasizes two reasons. The first involves strong antecedent preferences on the part of choosers. The second involves successful “counternudges,” which persuade people to choose in a way that confounds the efforts of choice architects. Nudges might also be ineffective, and less effective than expected, for five other reasons. (1) Some nudges produce...
Lloyd on Cognitive Emotion & Law
August 18, 2016
Harold Anthony Lloyd (Wake Forest University School of Law) has posted Cognitive Emotion and the Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Many wrongly believe that emotion plays little or no role in legal reasoning. Unfortunately, Langdell and his “scientific” case method encourage this error. A careful review of analysis in the real world, however, belies this common belief. Emotion can be cognitive and cognition can be emotional. Additionally, modern neuroscience underscores the “co-dependence”...
August 18, 2016
Harold Anthony Lloyd (Wake Forest University School of Law) has posted Cognitive Emotion and the Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Many wrongly believe that emotion plays little or no role in legal reasoning. Unfortunately, Langdell and his “scientific” case method encourage this error. A careful review of analysis in the real world, however, belies this common belief. Emotion can be cognitive and cognition can be emotional. Additionally, modern neuroscience underscores the “co-dependence”...
The Overview Effect
August 18, 2016
The Skylab 4 crew was experiencing a phenomenon known as the overview effect, which refers to the intense emotional reaction that can be triggered by the sight of the earth from beyond its atmosphere. Sam Durrance, who flew on two shuttle missions, described the feeling like this: “You’ve seen pictures and you’ve heard people talk about it. But nothing can prepare you for what it actually looks like. The Earth is dramatically beautiful when you see it from orbit, more beautiful than...
August 18, 2016
The Skylab 4 crew was experiencing a phenomenon known as the overview effect, which refers to the intense emotional reaction that can be triggered by the sight of the earth from beyond its atmosphere. Sam Durrance, who flew on two shuttle missions, described the feeling like this: “You’ve seen pictures and you’ve heard people talk about it. But nothing can prepare you for what it actually looks like. The Earth is dramatically beautiful when you see it from orbit, more beautiful than...
Cognitive Emotion and the Law by Harold A. Lloyd
August 10, 2016
An excellent article on learning and legal reasoning: Cognitive Emotion and the Law by Harold A. Lloyd. Abstract: "Many wrongly believe that emotion plays little or no role in legal reasoning. Unfortunately, Langdell and his “scientific” case method encourage this error. A careful review of analysis in the real world, however, belies this common belief. Emotion can be cognitive and cognition can be emotional. Additionally, modern neuroscience underscores the 'co-dependence' of reason and emotion....
August 10, 2016
An excellent article on learning and legal reasoning: Cognitive Emotion and the Law by Harold A. Lloyd. Abstract: "Many wrongly believe that emotion plays little or no role in legal reasoning. Unfortunately, Langdell and his “scientific” case method encourage this error. A careful review of analysis in the real world, however, belies this common belief. Emotion can be cognitive and cognition can be emotional. Additionally, modern neuroscience underscores the 'co-dependence' of reason and emotion....
The Ultimate Brain Map
August 9, 2016
A new map of the human brain could be the most accurate yet, as it combines all sorts of different kinds of data. This might finally solve a century of disagreements over the shapes and positions of different brain areas. Read more from Nature news here: http://www.nature.com/news/human-brai... Read the paper here: http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.103...
August 9, 2016
A new map of the human brain could be the most accurate yet, as it combines all sorts of different kinds of data. This might finally solve a century of disagreements over the shapes and positions of different brain areas. Read more from Nature news here: http://www.nature.com/news/human-brai... Read the paper here: http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.103...
If You’re Not Outside Your Comfort Zone, You Won’t Learn Anything
August 7, 2016
But the problem, of course, is that these tasks aren’t just unpleasant; they’re also necessary. As we grow and learn in our jobs and in our careers, we’re constantly faced with situations where we need to adapt our behavior. It’s simply a reality of the world we work in today. And without the skill and courage to take the leap, we can miss out on important opportunities for advancement. How can we as professionals stop building our lives around avoiding these unpleasant, but professionally...
August 7, 2016
But the problem, of course, is that these tasks aren’t just unpleasant; they’re also necessary. As we grow and learn in our jobs and in our careers, we’re constantly faced with situations where we need to adapt our behavior. It’s simply a reality of the world we work in today. And without the skill and courage to take the leap, we can miss out on important opportunities for advancement. How can we as professionals stop building our lives around avoiding these unpleasant, but professionally...
