Pinboard: bookmarks for banjaloupe tagged 'cogsci'

make sure to click over to the "more about the willat effect" post too. basically, its like the evil handmaiden of choice paralysis-- when you do decide, it makes the other things no longer acceptable!

cogsci rationality choice research blog article from delicious
october 2011 by banjaloupe

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How To Draw (This Is Not An Article About How To Draw)

negative space

psychology cogsci drawing metaphor picture article from delicious
october 2011 by banjaloupe

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Daniel Kahneman: How cognitive illusions blind us to reason

bias superhero dan kahneman reminds us that the rich and lucky are as perceptually and cognitively biased as the rest of us-- but they dont want to actually know that

cogsci economics rationality prediction money research article from delicious
october 2011 by banjaloupe

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Lev Vygotsky's The Crisis in Psychology

lets read some effing vygotsky

vygotsky psychology history cogsci education book russia !toread from delicious
october 2011 by banjaloupe

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Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction

aimed at delivering an intuitive understanding of what it means to move between levels using multiple representations. yes!

complexsystems programming math abstraction levelsthinking cogsci compsci education graphics article from delicious
october 2011 by banjaloupe

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Economist Debates: Language

economist debates! i didnt know this was a thing! this one is boroditsky v liberman on linguistic relativity

language culture cogsci sapirwhorf relativism debate article !toread from delicious
october 2011 by banjaloupe

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Putting Philosophy to the Test

a nice, light profile of josh knobe/the history of x-phi, for those who dont know already

article psychology philosophy x-phi cogsci from delicious
september 2011 by banjaloupe

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Moral hypocrisy, and how to avoid it

i kept expecting them to cite hanson's near/far distinction but it never happened! pretty clearly provides more evidence for that, though

morality rationality research philosophy science cogsci article from delicious
august 2011 by banjaloupe

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The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science

belief persistence, affect + reasoning, etc

rationality science emotion psychology cogsci politics neuroscience article from delicious
april 2011 by banjaloupe

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Fun and Games with Cognitive Biases

useful less wrong post of the night #1

useful rationality psychology cogsci discovery discussion game reference from delicious
march 2011 by banjaloupe

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MIT Scientist Captures 90,000 Hours of Video of His Son's First Words, Graphs It | Fast Company

"ga ga goo goo" --> "absofuckinglutely amazing"

amazing baby language development cogsci research family video sound words record science article from delicious
march 2011 by banjaloupe

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IBM's Watson supercomputer destroys all humans in Jeopardy practice round (video!)

i...i think i just had a robogasm

amazing awesome robot beauty watson jeopardy ai computer cogsci compsci future from delicious
january 2011 by banjaloupe

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Viewing Myself in 3rd Person

shifting points of consciousness, diy style

awesome consciousness diy technology camera cogsci game from delicious
december 2010 by banjaloupe

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The brain isn’t going to take it lying down

nice! some very impressive embodiment research as reported by mind hacks (links to a few other related studies too!)

embodiment cogsci neuroscience research awesome brain fmri article science
december 2010 by banjaloupe

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The Skeptic's Dictionary

oh personality psychology, i used to love you so much, what happened...

personality psychology cogsci criticism jung testing reference
december 2010 by banjaloupe

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Visual science in the art of Chuck Close

i always forget this guys name! he is the propopagnostic artist who paints giant "pixel" portraits after his stroke

awesome art people painting pixel prosopagnosia stroke picture cogsci article
october 2010 by banjaloupe

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Against Narrativity

not everyone thinks of their lives as a story! for instance i don't think i do? but how would i be able to compare? whatever i just need to be able to reference this in the future

psychology cogsci stories life personality narrative criticism article philosophy
september 2010 by banjaloupe

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Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits

some recent work, mostly on studying, but also throwing in a debunking of learning styles stuff

education research studying learningstyles cogsci psychology neuroscience article
september 2010 by banjaloupe

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Ewwwwwwwww!

all about disgust and morality

morality disgust emotion rationality social science cogsci evolution research article
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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Catharsis

from the blog, "you are not so smart" (which i am now following)

psychology cogsci catharsis hatred anger emotion article
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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The Relationship between Language and Culture

more pormpuraawan stuff, including their time sense (its ALSO absolute and...cardinal??? D: )

language anthropology psychology cogsci directions time sapirwhorf article reference
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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Does Language Influence Culture?

citation for pormpuraawan absolute cardinal direction usage (no relative/ego-centric "left/right" terms)

language anthropology psychology cogsci research sapirwhorf article reference
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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Excerpt - Being Wrong - By Kathryn Schulz

looks like a great book! its on the psychology of error and why being wrong is great

book !get cogsci psychology error wrong preview
july 2010 by banjaloupe

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“Brain-Based” Learning: More Fiction than Fact

a cogscientist addresses common educational misconceptions about neurosci-- i gotta study up on these!

useful cogsci education neuroscience list reference article !toread brain music gender
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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New Nicaraguan sign language shows how language affects thought

the link between spatial task ability and language (specifically ISN, the coolest language around)

isn signlanguage language development research cogsci location article
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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The Writer Who Couldn't Read

with video by lev!! yayy

cogsci writing reading stroke psychology brain npr cartoon video
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home

ariely's new book! i think i will get this :D

!get amazon ariely rationality cogsci book
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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We say “pshaw” to learning styles

takeaway: just because you like something more or process it easier, doesnt necessarily mean youre learning better

via:blatch education cogsci learningstyles research reference
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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Neuroplasticity is a dirty word

remember, your brain is always changing! some people forget that i guess

neuroscience plasticity words science research cogsci article
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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Cognitive Biases - A Visual Study Guide

not a huge fan of the scribd interface but if you like it, here is a thing about biases

cogsci rationality social psychology picture list education graphics reference
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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fMRI In 1000 Words

a great intro to fmri for people who dont know what it is

fmri brain neuroscience cogsci reference article
may 2010 by banjaloupe

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Motion Induced Blindness

just stare at the flashing dot in the center...

illusion motion visual cogsci video
may 2010 by banjaloupe

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The Moral Life of Babies

man, developmental psych is so fun-- theres nothing more riveting than discovering the moral sentiments of alien minds (BABBIES)

awesome research baby morality culture social science evolution biology psychology cogsci article
may 2010 by banjaloupe

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Notes on Braitenberg's Vehicles

oh nice a summary yayy

ai compsci cogsci braitenberg vehicles useful reference simulation science via:jaimiemurdock
april 2010 by banjaloupe

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Pigeons outperform humans at the Monty Hall Dilemma

its all about intelligence, or lack thereof ^_^'

animal rationality cogsci montyhall research article
april 2010 by banjaloupe

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Morality Study Narrows Gap Between Mind And Brain

if this is surprising to you, then you haven't been paying attention (also: YOU JUST GOT TMS'D!!!1!!1!!)

cogsci morality brain tms neuroscience psychology research
march 2010 by banjaloupe

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...In Different Voices

on accent and IQ (a must-read if you're one of those people who believe in g)

awesome reference iq accent genetics education psychology cogsci plasticity article
march 2010 by banjaloupe

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How Different Cultures Shape the Brain

hopefully itll only take a few more years of these group-level discoveries before we start realizing this stuff is normal and really not that shocking at all. experiences and context shape your brain. durr.

neuroscience brain cogsci culture science research article
february 2010 by banjaloupe

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Blind spots

proceed thru all of the situations for some quality blind spot fun

visual illusion cogsci blindspot fun picture
november 2009 by banjaloupe

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Stephen Stich: 4 Lectures on Moral Theory meets Cognitive Science

all in all, about four hours worth-- havent watched any of it but the title seems promising, eh?

cogsci morality philosophy video education !check
october 2009 by banjaloupe

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One nagging thing you still don't understand about yourself

psychologists give that one problem they still can't get over

psychology cogsci research inspiration science list
october 2009 by banjaloupe

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Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control?

this seems like a much more compelling investigation of childhood self-control and academic success than the (admittedly adorable) marshmallow-test-related findings (plus this is the exact sorta stuff i wanna go to grad school for :D)

cogsci education kid executivefunction psychology game fun development research article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Thinking literally

some of the metaphor research and how it can be used to manipulate embodiedness-related effects

embodiment cogsci brain body metaphor language psychology research article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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The Man With Half A Brain

ignorance does profoundly seem to be bliss-- a thought-provoking study

happiness neuroscience emotion memory cogsci article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Does rewarding altruism squelch it?

aka making toddlers be meaner than is natural (plus the comments have some great rebuttals/suggestions for related research)

kid psychology cogsci morality reward video research article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Willingham: Student "Learning Styles" Theory Is Bunk

cognitive science: bringing education back to empiricism is just in a day's work! :)

cogsci education research kid knowledge article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Predictably Irrational

an outline of ariely's book, predictably irrational, which i should purchase

!get book cogsci rationality emotion psychology social economics marketing prediction research reference
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's minds

TMS to change moral evaluations of others' behavior-- yes! cogs at its finest! :D

awesome ted video cogsci neuroscience brain morality development research
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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HOW WE DECIDE: mind-blowing neuroscience of decision-making

doctorow gives us a great minddump on lehrer's "how we decide" (plus an amazon link)

neuroscience book stories rationality emotion choice cogsci psychology article !get
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

great talk on how to motivate people to do creative, not mechanical, things-- basically, applying some science to business

ted video cogsci psychology motivation business management economics creativity autonomy science
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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I Must Be Guilty – the Video Says So

false memories will only become easier to produce

video memory lies psychology cogsci article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing

you can thank mr hawkins for helping get me into cogsci (via "on intelligence")

hawkins ted video brain neuroscience cogsci prediction
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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Musicophilia: Six Questions for Oliver Sacks

sacks answers some questions on the relation between music and cogsci

music brain neuroscience psychology cogsci prosopagnosia research sacks interview article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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Restating the case for human uniqueness

i always thought the point was that we all KNOW that humans rock, and the important part is to actually appreciate that some animals are damn smart

genetics chimps animal people cogsci brain psychology book reviews article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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The good, the bad and the intentional

great article on the knobe effect and folk philosophy/psychology

knobe philosophy psychology cogsci research morality article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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You Know More than You Think

diversity is useful for diversity of errors

social psychology cogsci crowd research article
june 2009 by banjaloupe

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Why People Believe Invisible Agents Control the World

a short summation of pareidolia and overuse of the intentional stance (here dubbed "patternicity" and "agenticity", respectively)

social psychology cogsci religion article
may 2009 by banjaloupe

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Double Vision: Parsing Images That Trick Our Brain

this may be my new favorite illusion!

awesome brain illusion cogsci picture
may 2009 by banjaloupe

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Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions?

this guy is the best, he needs to be every ted talk

ted video awesome funny rationality illusion psychology choice cogsci
may 2009 by banjaloupe

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Michael Merzenich on re-wiring the brain

a great, thorough intro to neuroplasticity and developmental neuroscience (also that phrase, of having a brain with a "person on board"-- that is a very useful phrase)

ted video neuroscience plasticity brain development education cogsci
may 2009 by banjaloupe

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What Can Cognitive Psychology Do For Teachers?

"Cognitive science is going to save American education."

cogsci education psychology !toread book reviews
april 2009 by banjaloupe

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Choice blindness: You don't know what you want

muahaha (also valuable= report from mind hacks: http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/04/choice_blindness.html)

psychology cogsci research choice memory selfdeception article
april 2009 by banjaloupe

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Jesse J. Prinz - Research

the fellow whose talk first started me on the emotions/morality path-- akin to jon haidt