Busting the ‘Neuromyths’ About How We Learn
A great piece on the myths of neuroscience. Some people learn best by doing, right? Others have a visual memory, and it’s important for them… Read More »Busting the ‘Neuromyths’ About How We Learn
Workshop: Psychology for UX and Product Design
A practical, hands on way to understand how the human brain works and apply that knowledge to User Experience and product design. Learn the psychological… Read More »Workshop: Psychology for UX and Product Design
Pricing Psychology: 10 Timeless Strategies
Some great ideas in there. As always be nice and use this stuff for good! Source: Pricing Psychology: 10 Timeless Strategies to Increase Sales
Over half of psychology studies fail reproducibility test
61% of the theories from psychology studies can’t be reproduced. We are complex beings us humans. Largest replication study to date casts doubt on many… Read More »Over half of psychology studies fail reproducibility test
Our Top 50 Human Behaviour Experts to Follow
A great list of people to follow on Twitter to keep up psychology. Source: Our Top 50 Human Behavior Experts to Follow in 2017
Cognitive bias cheat sheet
A great little resource. Buster Benson has organised the cognitive biases list to make it much easier to use. Cognitive bias cheat sheet. Definition of… Read More »Cognitive bias cheat sheet
Showing an image of the brain in an article means we rate it’s credibility higher
Brain images are believed to have a particularly persuasive influence on the public perception of research on cognition. Three experiments are reported showing that presenting… Read More »Showing an image of the brain in an article means we rate it’s credibility higher
Decision making depends on when you last had a break
A graph showing the time of the day (bottom) against the likelihood of parole being given by a judge. It’s quite telling and it’s really… Read More »Decision making depends on when you last had a break
How the sense of an ending shapes memory
Composers, novelists and film directors try to end on a high. Restaurants keen to manipulate their online reviews have found a similar trick. Source: Tim… Read More »How the sense of an ending shapes memory
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist
A great piece on ethics, psychology and digital design. I’m an expert on how technology hijacks our psychological vulnerabilities. That’s why I spent the last… Read More »How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist