Brain Lenses
By Colin Wright
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Oct 8, 2021
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Brain Lenses is a show about how we see the world, ourselves, and each other. Hosted by Colin Wright.
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| Episode | Date |
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Sense of Self
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May 05, 2026 |
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Local Positivity Bias
|
Apr 28, 2026 |
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Enacted Extraversion
|
Apr 21, 2026 |
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Rumpelstiltskin Effect
|
Apr 14, 2026 |
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Mental Subtraction
|
Apr 07, 2026 |
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Mental Subtraction
|
Mar 31, 2026 |
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Region-Beta Paradox
|
Mar 24, 2026 |
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Mental Fatigue
|
Mar 17, 2026 |
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School Phone Bans
|
Mar 10, 2026 |
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Brain Eras
|
Mar 03, 2026 |
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Headaches
|
Feb 24, 2026 |
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Sudden Insights
|
Feb 17, 2026 |
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Choline and Anxiety
|
Feb 10, 2026 |
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Attention Lapses
|
Feb 03, 2026 |
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Psychological Solipsism
|
Jan 27, 2026 |
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Sports and Politics
|
Jan 20, 2026 |
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Contagious Smiles
|
Jan 13, 2026 |
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Vision Splitting
|
Jan 06, 2026 |
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Wealth-Adjusted Life Satisfaction
|
Dec 23, 2025 |
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Trust in the News
|
Dec 16, 2025 |
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Consumer Ratings
|
Dec 09, 2025 |
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Thirst
|
Dec 02, 2025 |
|
Shared Psychotic Disorder
|
Nov 25, 2025 |
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Visual Distortion and Pain
|
Nov 18, 2025 |
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Representation Gaps
|
Nov 11, 2025 |
|
General Charisma Inventory
|
Nov 04, 2025 |
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Anticipatory Neural Response
|
Oct 28, 2025 |
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Pain Classification
|
Oct 21, 2025 |
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Material Perception
|
Oct 14, 2025 |
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Understanding Gap
|
Oct 07, 2025 |
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Social Judgement Theory
|
Sep 30, 2025 |
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Paperwork Trap
|
Sep 23, 2025 |
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Mind Blanking
|
Sep 16, 2025 |
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Commodity Fetishism
|
Sep 09, 2025 |
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The Forgetting Curve
|
Sep 02, 2025 |
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Cliff Edge Model
|
Aug 26, 2025 |
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Surveillance and Brain Function
|
Aug 19, 2025 |
|
Money Dysmorphia
|
Aug 12, 2025 |
|
Epistemic Anxiety
|
Aug 05, 2025 |
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Vulnerability Paradox
|
Jul 29, 2025 |
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Digital Fossils
|
Jul 22, 2025 |
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Abbreviations
|
Jul 15, 2025 |
|
Game Transfer Phenomenon
|
Jul 08, 2025 |
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Social Surrogacy
|
Jul 01, 2025 |
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Collateral Contempt
|
Jun 24, 2025 |
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Marriage Premium
|
Jun 17, 2025 |
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Active Procrastination
|
Jun 10, 2025 |
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Crafting
|
Jun 03, 2025 |
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LLM Writing
|
May 27, 2025 |
|
Self-Concept
|
May 20, 2025 |
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Cognitive Atrophy
|
May 13, 2025 |
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Professional Callings
|
May 06, 2025 |
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Paradigm Shifts
|
Apr 29, 2025 |
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Medical Diagnosis Subjectivity
|
Apr 22, 2025 |
|
Madman Theory
|
Apr 15, 2025 |
|
Swearing and Physical Performance
|
Apr 08, 2025 |
|
Printed and Digital Books
|
Apr 01, 2025 |
|
Social Microbiomes
|
Mar 25, 2025 |
|
Surnames
|
Mar 18, 2025 |
|
Creative Networks
|
Mar 11, 2025 |
|
Heartbreak
|
Mar 04, 2025 |
|
Walls of the Mind
|
Feb 25, 2025 |
|
Food Noise
|
Feb 18, 2025 |
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Anticipatory Obedience
|
Feb 11, 2025 |
|
Visual Clutter
|
Feb 04, 2025 |
|
Cognitive Reflection and Misinformation
|
Jan 28, 2025 |
|
Intersubjective Realities
|
Jan 21, 2025 |
|
Shill Gambit
|
Jan 14, 2025 |
|
Terrorism
|
Jan 07, 2025 |
|
Fallibilism
|
Dec 17, 2024 |
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Fitness Trackers
|
Dec 10, 2024 |
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Push Polls
|
Dec 03, 2024 |
|
Lost Horse Thinking
|
Nov 26, 2024 |
|
Availability Cascades
|
Nov 19, 2024 |
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Social Exchange Theory
|
Nov 12, 2024 |
|
Generation Loss
|
Nov 05, 2024 |
|
Lusory Attitude
|
Oct 29, 2024 |
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Mistruths
|
Oct 22, 2024 |
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Sleep and Memory
|
Oct 15, 2024 |
|
Motivation Crowding Theory
|
Oct 08, 2024 |
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Algorithm Aversion
|
Oct 01, 2024 |
|
Eternal Beginner Syndrome
|
Sep 24, 2024 |
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Warning Labels
|
Sep 17, 2024 |
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Liar's Dividend
|
Sep 10, 2024 |
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The Scully Effect
|
Sep 03, 2024 |
|
Cursors
|
Aug 27, 2024 |
|
Gambler's Conceit
|
Aug 20, 2024 |
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Mismatch Theory
|
Aug 13, 2024 |
|
Gruen Transfer
|
Aug 06, 2024 |
|
Demonstrations
|
Jul 30, 2024 |
|
Animal Consciousness
|
Jul 23, 2024 |
|
Algorithmic Management
|
Jul 16, 2024 |
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Performative Busyness
|
Jul 09, 2024 |
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Banner Blindness
|
Jul 02, 2024 |
|
Hotelling's Law
|
Jun 18, 2024 |
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Identity Threats
|
Jun 11, 2024 |
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The Toothbrush Problem
|
Jun 04, 2024 |
|
Pareto Social Media
|
May 28, 2024 |
|
Illocutionary Force
|
May 21, 2024 |
|
Popular Science
|
May 14, 2024 |
|
Filled Pauses
|
May 07, 2024 |
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Self-Handicapping
|
Apr 30, 2024 |
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Misophonia
|
Apr 23, 2024 |
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Dead Internet Theory
|
Apr 16, 2024 |
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Ironic Rebound
|
Apr 09, 2024 |
|
Bliss Point
|
Apr 02, 2024 |
|
Kayfabe
|
Mar 26, 2024 |
|
Gray Zones and Salami Slicing
|
Mar 19, 2024 |
|
The Cynical Genius Illusion
|
Mar 12, 2024 |
|
Chronowashing
|
Mar 05, 2024 |
|
Social Lock-In
|
Feb 27, 2024 |
|
Wikipedia
|
Feb 20, 2024 |
|
Knowledge Spillover
|
Feb 13, 2024 |
|
Photogenics
|
Feb 06, 2024 |
|
Public Figures
|
Jan 30, 2024 |
|
Fertility Cues
|
Jan 23, 2024 |
|
Writing and Health
|
Jan 16, 2024 |
|
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
|
Skinner's Law
|
Jan 02, 2024 |
|
Moderation and Centrism
|
Dec 19, 2023 |
|
Motor Overflow
|
Dec 12, 2023 |
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Parental Differential Treatment
|
Dec 05, 2023 |
|
Risk Blindness
|
Nov 28, 2023 |
|
Terminology
|
Nov 21, 2023 |
|
Cyberchondria
|
Nov 14, 2023 |
|
Capability Peaks
|
Nov 07, 2023 |
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Anthropic Principle
|
Oct 31, 2023 |
|
Cucumber Time
|
Oct 24, 2023 |
|
Social Paradoxes
|
Oct 17, 2023 |
|
Mere Ceremony
|
Oct 10, 2023 |
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Morbid Curiosity
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
|
Overtraining Syndrome
|
Sep 26, 2023 |
|
Self
|
Sep 19, 2023 |
|
Techno-Moral Change
|
Sep 12, 2023 |
|
Lysenkoism
|
Sep 05, 2023 |
|
Contagious Misconduct
|
Aug 29, 2023 |
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Vocational Awe
|
Aug 22, 2023 |
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Desirable Disorder
|
Aug 15, 2023 |
|
Emergency Thinking
|
Aug 08, 2023 |
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Polypharmacy
|
Aug 01, 2023 |
|
Canonical Perspective
|
Jul 25, 2023 |
|
Emotive Conjugation
|
Jul 18, 2023 |
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Paltering
|
Jul 11, 2023 |
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Corrections and Credibility
|
Jul 04, 2023 |
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Precautionary and Preactionary Principles
|
Jun 27, 2023 |
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Trivially Important Semantic Context
|
Jun 20, 2023 |
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Cruel Optimism
|
Jun 13, 2023 |
|
Trial Balloons
|
Jun 06, 2023 |
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Solow Paradox
|
May 30, 2023 |
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Status and Mortality
|
May 23, 2023 |
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Surrogate Activities
|
May 16, 2023 |
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Tacit Knowledge
|
May 09, 2023 |
|
Solomon's Paradox
|
May 02, 2023 |
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Clutter
|
Apr 25, 2023 |
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Hypodermic Needle Model
|
Apr 18, 2023 |
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Gas Stoves
|
Apr 11, 2023 |
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Y2K Fallacy
|
Apr 04, 2023 |
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Narcissists and Conspiracy Theories
|
Mar 28, 2023 |
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Gerascophobia
|
Mar 21, 2023 |
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Religion and Strife
|
Mar 14, 2023 |
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Indexicality
|
Mar 07, 2023 |
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Depressive Realism
|
Feb 28, 2023 |
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Egregores
|
Feb 21, 2023 |
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Cognitive Exhaustion
|
Feb 14, 2023 |
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Online Exposure
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
|
Dark Triad
|
Jan 31, 2023 |
|
Epistemic Vice
|
Jan 24, 2023 |
|
Pets
|
Jan 17, 2023 |
|
Reminiscence Bump
|
Jan 10, 2023 |
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Anomie
|
Jan 03, 2023 |
|
Legalese
|
Dec 27, 2022 |
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Flanderization
|
Dec 20, 2022 |
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Nutpicking
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
|
Ego
|
Dec 06, 2022 |
|
Down Time
|
Nov 29, 2022 |
|
Self-Discrepancy Theory
|
Nov 22, 2022 |
|
Nine-Ender Ages
|
Nov 15, 2022 |
|
Moral Injury
|
Nov 08, 2022 |
|
Zeigarnik Effect
|
Nov 01, 2022 |
|
Cleaning
|
Oct 25, 2022 |
|
Transference
|
Oct 18, 2022 |
|
ELIZA Effect
|
Oct 11, 2022 |
|
Provenance
|
Oct 04, 2022 |
|
The Assumption of Progress
|
Sep 27, 2022 |
|
Schelling Point
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
|
Altruism
|
Sep 13, 2022 |
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Incomplete Information
|
Sep 06, 2022 |
|
Free
|
Aug 30, 2022 |
|
Nobel Disease
|
Aug 23, 2022 |
|
Cute Aggression
|
Aug 16, 2022 |
|
Alexithymia
|
Aug 09, 2022 |
|
Cognitive Immunology
|
Aug 02, 2022 |
|
Gratitude
|
Jul 26, 2022 |
|
Preference Falsification
|
Jul 19, 2022 |
|
Partisan News
|
Jul 12, 2022 |
|
Infinite Scroll
|
Jul 05, 2022 |
|
Retrieval
|
Jun 28, 2022 |
|
Repetition-Induced Truth Effect
|
Jun 21, 2022 |
|
Dread Risks
|
Jun 14, 2022 |
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Thought-Terminating Clichés
|
Jun 07, 2022 |
|
Defamiliarization
|
May 31, 2022 |
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Additive Bias
|
May 24, 2022 |
|
McNamara Fallacy
|
May 17, 2022 |
|
Innovation Behavior
|
May 10, 2022 |
|
Horseshoe Theory
|
May 03, 2022 |
|
Rituals
|
Apr 26, 2022 |
|
Violence
|
Apr 19, 2022 |
|
Ranking
|
Apr 12, 2022 |
|
Nature
|
Apr 05, 2022 |
|
Tool-Extended Perception
|
Mar 29, 2022 |
|
Kama Muta
|
Mar 22, 2022 |
|
Proximity Bias
|
Mar 15, 2022 |
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Deep Breathing
|
Mar 08, 2022 |
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Collective Narcissism
|
Mar 01, 2022 |
|
Oppositional Effects
|
Feb 22, 2022 |
|
Citogenesis
|
Feb 15, 2022 |
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Collective Intentionality
|
Feb 08, 2022 |
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Cognitive Estrangement
|
Feb 01, 2022 |
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Planned Obsolescence
|
Jan 25, 2022 |
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Canon Ossification
|
Jan 18, 2022 |
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Brandolini's Law
|
Jan 11, 2022 |
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Bulverism
|
Jan 04, 2022 |
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Belief Perseverance
|
Dec 28, 2021 |
|
Diderot Effect
|
Dec 21, 2021 |
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Planning Fallacy
|
Dec 14, 2021 |
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Wonder and Awe
|
Dec 07, 2021 |
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Mind-Body Dissonance
|
Nov 30, 2021 |
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Caffeine Withdrawal
|
Nov 23, 2021 |
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Stigler's Law of Eponymy
|
Nov 16, 2021 |
|
Generational Amnesia
|
Nov 09, 2021 |
|
Friendship
|
Nov 02, 2021 |
|
Lizardman's Constant
|
Oct 26, 2021 |
|
Peak Experiences
|
Oct 19, 2021 |
|
Palliative & Curative
|
Oct 12, 2021 |
|
Terror Management Theory
|
Oct 05, 2021 |
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The Johari Window
|
Sep 28, 2021 |
|
Alphabetical Order
|
Sep 21, 2021 |
|
Heat
|
Sep 14, 2021 |
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Home
|
Sep 07, 2021 |
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4E Cognition
|
Aug 31, 2021 |
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Number Systems
|
Aug 24, 2021 |
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Life Course Theory
|
Aug 17, 2021 |
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Agency
|
Aug 10, 2021 |
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Cognitive Labor
|
Aug 03, 2021 |
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Digital Perception
|
Jul 27, 2021 |
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Binary Bias
|
Jul 20, 2021 |
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Materials
|
Jul 13, 2021 |
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Hunger
|
Jul 06, 2021 |
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Manic Defense
|
Jun 29, 2021 |
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Projective Identification
|
Jun 22, 2021 |
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Reference Groups
|
Jun 15, 2021 |
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Enclothed Cognition
|
Jun 08, 2021 |
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Stigma
|
Jun 01, 2021 |
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Exposure
|
May 25, 2021 |
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End of History Illusion
|
May 18, 2021 |
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Ignorance
|
May 11, 2021 |
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Legibility
|
May 04, 2021 |
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Hype
|
Apr 27, 2021 |
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Uncanny
|
Apr 20, 2021 |
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Bayes' Theorem
|
Apr 13, 2021 |
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Inner Speech
|
Apr 06, 2021 |
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Psychobiome
|
Mar 30, 2021 |
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Anticipation
|
Mar 23, 2021 |
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Peak—End Rule
|
Mar 16, 2021 |
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Peripersonal Space
|
Mar 09, 2021 |
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Foveal Vision
|
Mar 02, 2021 |
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Scarcity
|
Feb 23, 2021 |
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Contextualism
|
Feb 16, 2021 |
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Source Monitoring
|
Feb 09, 2021 |
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Solipsism
|
Feb 02, 2021 |
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Choice-Induced Preference
|
Jan 26, 2021 |
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Multitasking
|
Jan 19, 2021 |
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Observer-Expectancy Effect
|
Jan 12, 2021 |
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Received Knowledge
|
Jan 05, 2021 |
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Wisdom of the Crowd
|
Dec 29, 2020 |
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Dissociation
|
Dec 22, 2020 |
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The Half-Life of Knowledge
|
Dec 15, 2020 |
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Shoshin
|
Dec 08, 2020 |
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The Stroop Effect
|
Dec 01, 2020 |
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News-Finds-Me Perception
|
Nov 24, 2020 |
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Benford's Law of Controversy
|
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Complexity Theory
|
Nov 10, 2020 |
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Ludonarrative Dissonance
|
Nov 03, 2020 |
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Phenology
|
Oct 27, 2020 |
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Insatiability
|
Oct 20, 2020 |
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Okrent's Law
|
Oct 13, 2020 |
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Law of Triviality
|
Oct 06, 2020 |
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Ostrich Effect
|
Sep 29, 2020 |
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Theory of Mind
|
Sep 22, 2020 |
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Mental Models
|
Sep 15, 2020 |
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Groupthink
|
Sep 08, 2020 |
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Agent Detection
|
Sep 01, 2020 |
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What You See Is All There Is
|
Aug 25, 2020 |
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Intention-Behavior Gap
|
Aug 18, 2020 |
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Risk Perception
|
Aug 11, 2020 |
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Allostatic Load
|
Aug 04, 2020 |
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Overview Effect
|
Jul 28, 2020 |
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Moral Fatigue
|
Jul 21, 2020 |
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The Diamond-Water Paradox
|
Jul 14, 2020 |
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Institutional License
|
Jul 07, 2020 |
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Panic Buying
|
Jun 30, 2020 |
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Halo Effect
|
Jun 23, 2020 |
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Action Bias
|
Jun 16, 2020 |
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Path Dependence
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Shifting Baseline Syndrome
|
Jun 02, 2020 |
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Abstraction
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May 26, 2020 |
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Morning Rituals
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May 19, 2020 |
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Social Capital
|
May 12, 2020 |
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Parasocial Relationships
|
May 05, 2020 |
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Conventions
|
Apr 28, 2020 |
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Predictive Thinking
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Medium Bias
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Success & Perception
|
Apr 14, 2020 |
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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Conceptual vs. Operational Thinking
|
Apr 07, 2020 |
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Vulnerable World Hypothesis
|
Apr 02, 2020 |
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Extended Mind Thesis
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Skin Hunger
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Mimetic Desire
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Mar 30, 2020 |