the study of the mind and its processes, such as thought and learning.
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Is Gallup's Clifton StrengthsFinder able to identify the strengths of an individual?
On their website Gallup claim that their Clifton StrengthsFinder test is able to accurately identify personal strengths. I am skeptical of this method because the test itself simply asks people how they view themselves.
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Asch's Conformity Experiment (1951) ; different sources have different results
In Asch's conformity experiment, a simple test was given to a room full of subjects. Secretly, only one subject was being tested and the rest of the subjects were confederates who all gave the same incorrect answer. I've read various numbers on what…
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Is dysharmonia a recognized medical condition?
In his book Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks discusses a case involving a woman named Rachel Y. who lost the ability to process harmony in a car accident. He then explains how this lead to simultanagnosia. He terms this loss of harmony "dysharmonia."
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Can learning to be Ambidextrous harm Brain Function?
I've always read benefits of being (or learning to be) ambidextrous until this Scientific American article from Michael Corballis that says it is not that helpful and it can even harm your brain, as each brain hemisphere has specific tasks to…
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Is mentally practicing a skill more effective than physically practicing?
I saw this video in which Tony Robbins claims practicing mentally can be more effective than practicing physically.
He refers to a study where basketball players struggling with free throws were split into three groups. One group practiced…
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