Graeme Newell

What is Unit Bias?

What is Unit Bias?

The hard truth is that our misguided brains are constantly looking for ways to oversimplify the world. “Unit Bias” causes our overworked brains to group things into big general categories ...
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The times when our brain is most likely to make a bad choice

The times when our brain is most likely to make a bad choice

Want to up the accuracy of your decision making? Then it’s important to understand the two very different thinking systems your brain uses to make a choice ...
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The Clever Brain Hack for Building More Vivid Memories

The Clever Brain Hack for Building More Vivid Memories

Want to get more joy out of your vacation? The key is to move beyond merely creating a fun experience. You must also construct a memorable one ...
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The hidden cognitive bias that gives men an advantage in financial literacy

The hidden cognitive bias that gives men an advantage in financial literacy

Fascinating new financial literacy research is revealing how male overconfidence tends to set women up for failure in the world of money ...
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What is the Decoy Effect Cognitive Bias?

What is the Decoy Effect Cognitive Bias?

The Decoy Effect is a cognitive bias that lures us into buying more than we need. By introducing an additional BAD choice, the less expensive choice seems MEAGER, and the ...
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The Identifiable Victim Effect: How It Lures Us to Feel Compassion for the Wrong People

The Identifiable Victim Effect: How It Lures Us to Feel Compassion for the Wrong People

It’s a time when our brain consistently makes BAD choices. Researchers tell us that our tired little cranium tends to seriously misstep whenever we envision LARGE things. All of us ...
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Important Questions to Ask About Your Work Savings Plan

Important Questions to Ask About Your Work Savings Plan

New research is revealing the disturbing fact that a lot of work savings plans are sucker bets. A surprising number of employers choose investments that put money in THEIR pocket, ...
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The handy brain science hack that can improve your memory

The handy brain science hack that can improve your memory

The news is not good. New research is revealing that our memories of important past events are less reliable than we ever imagined. Watch this short video to learn why ...
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A Brain Science Hack to Help You Get to Agreement Faster

A Brain Science Hack to Help You Get to Agreement Faster

Just how good are we at guessing the motivations of others? New brain research has the answer...and it ain’t pretty ...
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How Risk Aversion Lures us to Misjudge Competitors

How Risk Aversion Lures us to Misjudge Competitors

It’s a business mistake that plays out over and over again. Risk Aversion gets us distracted ...
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