- Top 10 Solutions to Real Life’s Most Annoying Problems
- Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Backing Down From Agreements–Results «
- Which Traits Predict Success? (The Importance of Grit) | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Weak Evidence Leads to Bad Decisions
- Avoid Idea Plateaus with a Plan
- Wishing Someone Luck Can Improve Performance – The Daily Stat – March 18, 2011 – Harvard Business Review
- To the brain, getting burned, getting dumped feel the same – CNN.com
Archive for March, 2011
Hacks, Evidence and Plans
In links on March 29, 2011 at 10:38 amFriends, Masturbation and Japan
In links on March 28, 2011 at 8:27 pm- Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Introducing Friend Measure «
- Pornography. Masturbation. The Spiritual Story No One Wants to Tell. | elephant journal
- Lessons for Japan’s Survivors – The Psychology of Recovery – NYTimes.com
- The Untapped Power Of Smiling – Eric Savitz – The Tech Trade – Forbes
- Americans smile all the time as if they are plugged in – English pravda.ru
- The Sunk Cost Fallacy « You Are Not So Smart
- The Near-Miss Effect | Wired Science | Wired.com
Happiness, Nails and Flattery
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:10 pmGames, Gray and Gupta
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:09 pm- Jesse Schell: When games invade real life | Video on TED.com
- Young Trendsetters Streak Their Hair With Gray – NYTimes.com
- Mind in the Eyes
- Derek Sivers: How to start a movement | Video on TED.com
- Fatty Foods May Have a Drug-Like Effect on Your Brain
- Body Language Expert, Janine Driver – Public Speaker, Lyin’ Tamer!
- Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity | Video on TED.com
- How I Mastered the Power Nap
Gender, Dating and Kids
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:08 pm- Does Memory Actually Matter? | Digitizd
- Make Quick Work of Internet Trolls by Using Cognitive Therapy
- The Scientific Gender Gap | Wired Science | Wired.com
- New Dating Website Helps You Find Someone Who Looks Just Like You
- People don’t know when they’re lying to themselves | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
- Understanding – and Maximizing – Your Brain’s Reward and Planning System | Psychology Today
- Study: Does Having Kids Makes Parents Delusional? – TIME Healthland
- Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Admitting to another irrationality «
Horror Movies, Bladders and Tests
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:08 pm- People with full bladders ‘make better decisions’, scientists discover – Telegraph
- Why Are Easy Decisions So Hard? | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Neil Strauss » And the answer is . . .
- You’ve Been Watching Too Many Horror Movies
- Left-Handedness Loses Its Stigma but Retains Its Mystery – NYTimes.com
- Cambridge Face Memory Test
- The More You Fail, The Higher You Can Set Your Goals
- Sleep Quality May Be Tied to Covert Brain Wave | Wired Science | Wired.com
Memory, Handshakes and Sight
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:05 pm- Secrets of a Mind-Gamer – NYTimes.com
- In Praise of the Handshake « Blog Archive « Dan Ariely
- Jonah Lehrer on Distractions, ADHD and Creativity | Head Case – WSJ.com
- US Army Used Psy-Ops Tactics Against Powerful Americans to Push War
- Use Cognitive-Behavioral Coping Skills for a More Successful Diet
- Your Brain on Computers – Series – The New York Times
- How Dialing Phone Numbers Could Affect the Way We Think
- Sight Gets Repurposed in Brains of the Blind | Wired Science | Wired.com
Crime, Accounting and Units
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:05 pm- Deindividuation « You Are Not So Smart
- Fear of Crime: Crime has plummeted over the last 20 years. Why aren’t we less scared? – By Christopher Beam – Slate Magazine
- The Curse of Mental Accounting | Wired Science | Wired.com
- The bizarre economics of the hotel minibar. – By Tim Harford – Slate Magazine
- Social hacking « Blog Archive « Dan Ariely
- The “unit effect” makes 31 days seem better than a month
- These Crazy Scientific Tips Will Help You Find Love or Something
- How Sleep Helps You Commit Important Information to Memory
Noise, Gazes and Coupons
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:05 pm- Rands In Repose: The Noise
- ‘Objectifying Gaze’ Subtracts From Women’s Math Abilities – Tweed – The Chronicle of Higher Education
- At End-Of-The Line Prison, An Unlikely Escape : NPR
- Christopher McDougall: Are we born to run? | Video on TED.com
- Is Happiness Conservative? « The Baseline Scenario
- It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology. – NYTimes.com
- The Best Questions For A First Date « OkTrends
- Make People Happier by Acknowledging That They’re Not Feeling Happy. | Psychology Today
Smokers, Seconds and Shopping
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:05 pm- ‘Love Hormone’ Arouses Suspicion, Too | Wired Science | Wired.com
- More on the Psychology of Social Shopping | On Being Predictably Irrational | Social Commerce Today
- Brain scan can tell if a smoker will quit
- The Mess Manifesto – TIME
- Hugs Follow a 3-Second Rule – ScienceNOW
- How to Beat a Bad Day Before It Starts
- Amazon.com: The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us (9780446559904): Sheril Kirshenbaum: Books
- Marginal Revolution: Creative style and achievement in ADHD adults
Impressions, Cabdrivers and Comfort
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:05 pm- Apologies Fail to Live Up to Our Expectations: Scientific American
- Comfort Kills | Psychology Today
- Using Right Hemisphere of Brain to Win in Chess and Shogi – NYTimes.com
- Bursting the Bubble of Fear | Tricycle
- Using Yoga to Help Cabdrivers Relax Body and Mind – On Religion – NYTimes.com
- The First Impression | Psychology Today
- The Advantage Of Dual-Identities (A Case Study of Nabokov) | Wired Science | Wired.com
- How to Hack Your Brain
Cinderella, Stuttering and Here
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:05 pm- Book Review – Cinderella Ate My Daughter – By Peggy Orenstein – NYTimes.com
- Jonah Lehrer on Stuttering in “The King’s Speech” – Ideas Market – WSJ
- American Museum of Natural History News » Brain Beat: Meditation and the Brain
- More to a Smile Than Lips and Teeth – NYTimes.com
- College Freshmen Stress Levels High, Survey Finds – NYTimes.com
- A Psychoanalyst Calls For Eating With ‘Culinary Mindfulness’ : Shots – Health News Blog : NPR
- You Are Here – Radiolab
- The key to good communication? Pretend your spouse is a stranger | Psychology Today
Alcohol, Fun and Ikea
In links on March 25, 2011 at 9:05 pm- Alcohol Placebos Can Impair Memory
- Your wife doesn’t understand you because you are too close, study suggests – Telegraph
- Mindfulness meditation and the brain – Boing Boing
- The Science of Decision-Making & the Art of Choice | Brain Pickings
- The Fun Theory
- If You Want Good Feedback, Don’t Ask Anyone to Think
- Sleeping Protects Memories From Corruption | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Ikea design stores ‘as mazes’ to stop shoppers leaving so you end up buying more | Mail Online
Mirrors, Circles and iPhone
In links on March 21, 2011 at 10:30 pm- News Desk: John Colapinto: Ramachandran’s Mirror Trick : The New Yorker
- Why some kids (and animals) can fail the mirror self-recognition test, but still be self-aware – Boing Boing
- Humans Can Only Walk In Circles and We Don’t Know Why
- Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Stealing an iPhone «
- The World’s Happiest Places
- The Prescription for Self-Doubt: Watch This Video
- Dailymotion – Penn and Teller -Explain Sleight of Hand – a Funny video
Placebo, Bargains and Memory
In links on March 18, 2011 at 10:36 pm- Improve your productivity at work | Unclutterer
- Relaxed Minds Remember Better
- Placebo isn’t a dirty word – Boing Boing
- Twitter / @Tim Ferriss: Before using anti-depressa …
- How To Do A Successful Bargain (Learnings From A Rickshaw Driver).
- Set Up Your Own Google-Style 20-Percent Time to Try New Projects
- How To Shape Your Lifestyle to Improve Your Fitness – by Dumb Little Man
- 10 Ways to Improve Your Memory
Music, Mind and Passion
In links on March 14, 2011 at 10:30 pm- The Short but Powerful Guide to Finding Your Passion | zen habits
- Train Your Mind to Keep Exercising in Winter
- 7 Food Groups That Will Help Boost Your Mood – by Dumb Little Man
- YouTube – How to Work a Crowd by Alexis Bauer – Ep23
- World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale on Vimeo
- YouTube – Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Exams, Change and Alarms
In links on March 11, 2011 at 10:36 pm- How I Was Able to Ace Exams Without Studying | zen habits
- How to Get People to Change
- Sleep Cycle alarm clock
- Naps Can Seriously Improve All-Day Learning Abilities
- predictably irrational » blog archive » got my placebo back – Google Search
- Procrastination Animated
- Accentuating the Negative: Scientific American
Natural, Smartphones and All-Nighters
In links on March 8, 2011 at 11:59 am- Irrational Thinking: The Word ‘Natural’ Sells : NPR
- Pre-Test Jitters? Writing About Them Eases Worries | LiveScience
- PLoS ONE: Closing the Mind’s Eye: Incoming Luminance Signals Disrupt Visual Imagery
- Why Your Brain Is Like a Smartphone
- Focus on Immediate Instead of Long-Term Exercise Benefits for Better Motivation
- People at the end of the alphabet are more impulsive buyers than those at the front
- Social hacking « Blog Archive « Dan Ariely
- All-Nighters Make Bodies Hoard Calories | Wired Science | Wired.com
Tomatoes, Secret Service and Fonts
In links on March 8, 2011 at 11:59 am- How a Tomato Opened My Mind | Tricycle
- Secret Service Study Probes Psyche of U.S. Assassins | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Miles O’Brien: Is technology rewiring teens’ brains? – Boing Boing
- A New And Maybe Better Way To Stop People From Being Jerks Online
- How to Plant Ideas in Someone’s Mind
- How to Hone the Accuracy of Your Internal Clock and Better Understand Your Time
- Harder to Read Fonts May Improve Learning
- What the science of human nature can teach us : The New Yorker
Colors, Hacks and Math
In links on March 8, 2011 at 11:59 am- Why Johnny Can’t Name His Colors
- What the science of human nature can teach us : The New Yorker
- The Math Of Beauty
- Your nose reveals when you’re going to die
- Marginal Revolution: Sex and Statistics or Heteroscedasticity is Hot
- L-Theanine: a 4000 Year Old Mind-Hack | World of Tea
- A Love-Hate Relationship?: “Feel-Good” Oxytocin May Have a Dark Side: Scientific American
- Elevate yourself to become more virtuous – life – 13 January 2011 – New Scientist
Vegetables, Feet and Hacks
In links on March 7, 2011 at 10:30 pm- No Impact Man: How to get your child to eat almost any vegetable
- Learn to Negotiate and Close
- 11 Reasons Why You Absolutely Need More Sleep – by Dumb Little Man
- 16 Ways to Monitor Your Health Between Checkups: Examine Yourself | Common Problems | Reader’s Digest
- Why You Can’t Keep Your Foot Out of Your Mouth | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Five Ways to Persuade Like a Silver-Tongued Trial Lawyer | Copyblogger
- 25 Body Hacks to Supercharge Yourself
- Hey Boss, Please Don’t Bother Me, I’m Daydreaming | Wise Bread
- World’s Greatest Illusions Chosen | LiveScience
Chinese Mothers, Walking and Burnout
In links on March 5, 2011 at 12:53 pm- Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior – WSJ.com
- Great animation: why we can’t walk straight – Boing Boing
- Study: Antipsychotic use surged despite evidence – FiercePharma
- Michael Ferrara PTSD | OutsideOnline.com
- Mister Peace.com – “Courage is from the latin word ‘cor’ meaning heart…”
- Why You’re a Quitter (and How to Use That to Your Advantage)
- How to Recognize Signs of Burnout (and What to Do About Them)
- Noise Cancellation for Dental Drills Will Make People Happier
Hands, Trees and Smells
In links on March 4, 2011 at 10:36 pm- Bering in Mind: Limp wrists and tight fists: What your handshake says about you
- Is Self-Guided Research Dangerous to Your Health? | The Decision Tree
- Food label designed by “neurological and bodily responses” Boing Boing
- The Decision Tree – Boing Boing
- People Work Better Together in Rooms that Smell Good
- 15 Interesting Facts about Dreams | Bored Panda
- HOW TO: Jump-Start Your Good Morning Creative Mojo – I Geek for Creativity
Caffeine, Diets and Immune Systems
In links on March 2, 2011 at 9:00 pm- Ten Days Without Caffeine: A Love Story « The Bygone Bureau
- » A Profile of a Master-thief [The Steal] Lone Iguana
- Save Money by Ignoring Anchor Prices
- Hone Your Eye for Fake Online Reviews
- The World’s Healthiest Diets – Forbes.com
- Look at Sick People to Give Your Immune System a Boost
- Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV — let’s get rational | Video on TED.co
Pressure, Computers and Venting
In links on March 2, 2011 at 9:00 pm- Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It)
- Memory Inception: Three Keys To Creating A Great User Experience For Your Product
- Your Brain on Computers – Studying the Brain Off the Grid, Professors Find Clarity – NYTimes.com
- The Brains of Our Fathers: Does Parenting Rewire Dads?: Scientific American
- Venting Frustration Will Only Make Your Anger Worse
- Your Brain on Computers – Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime – NYTimes.com
- Defend Yourself Against High-Pressure Persuaders – Boing Boing
Doers, Lines and Shoulders
In links on March 1, 2011 at 10:30 pm- The Do Book Co. – The Path of a Doer
- How to Stay Happy and Motivated During the Winter
- Why the Other Line Moves Faster
- The psychology of shoulder-to-shoulder « Mind Hacks
- Apple’s Pricing Decoys – BusinessWeek
- How to Deal with a Neat Freak
- Lesbians make more money than straight women (And nobody really knows why) – Boing Boing