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The Availability Bias: Why People Buy Lottery Tickets

6 August 2012

Shark attacks, murders and lottery wins: vivid events are more likely to affect judgement.

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Why Society Doesn’t Change: The System Justification Bias

26 July 2012

Society's tendency is to maintain what has been. Rebellion is only an occasional reaction to suffering in human history.

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The Incubation Effect: How to Break Through a Mental Block

25 July 2012

Taking a break may help bring that Eureka moment, but what part does the unconscious play?

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How to Fight Excessive Doubt

19 July 2012

Should you really question everything? Here's a simple tip for those prone to over-thinking...

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50+ Savvy Insights into Workplace Psychology

16 July 2012

Bored at work? Then check out these 50+ insights from research into the psychology of work.

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Automatic Drive: How Unconscious Cognitive Biases Help Fire Our Motivation

13 July 2012

A trick of the unconscious is responsible for spurring us on to difficult goals.

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10 Even Weirder Psychology Studies

9 July 2012

Does smelling granny relieve depressive mood? The answer to that and more questions you never asked...

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