Declinism
Why is it that decades later, you can flawlessly sing every single word of Bohemian Rhapsody, yet completely forget the three items on your grocery list? Songs stimulate multiple senses.
January 2021
Curse of Knowledge
Why is it that decades later, you can flawlessly sing every single word of Bohemian Rhapsody, yet completely forget the three items on your grocery list? Songs stimulate multiple senses.
The Purchases that Make Us Most Happy
New brain science research is revealing the specific purchases that give us the most pleasure for the buck. Learn the things you’ll want to put on your shopping list to maximize enjoyment.
3 Tactics for Avoiding Stereotyping
We fight it, but our brain is a non-stop stereotyping machine. Learn how a tricky cognitive bias called the “representativeness heuristic” lures us to make impetuous decisions.
Default Effect
Why is it that decades later, you can flawlessly sing every single word of Bohemian Rhapsody, yet completely forget the three items on your grocery list? Songs stimulate multiple senses.
Why We Misjudge Our Chance of Winning
Learn how a wily cognitive bias called “category size bias” causes us to misjudge our chances of success.
Contrast Effect
Why is it that decades later, you can flawlessly sing every single word of Bohemian Rhapsody, yet completely forget the three items on your grocery list? Songs stimulate multiple senses.
4 Brain Hacks to Improve Your Odds of Success
New brain research reveals pretty much all of us are terrible planners. But there’s hope. Learn four smart ways to shut down a cognitive bias called “the planning fallacy”.
Congruence Bias
Why is it that decades later, you can flawlessly sing every single word of Bohemian Rhapsody, yet completely forget the three items on your grocery list? Songs stimulate multiple senses.
The 3 Emotions that Motivate us to Save for the Future
How can we motivate ourselves to save more? Neuroscience research is revealing the three emotions that are most effective at getting us to save for the future