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Steven Pinker on the Colbert Report
Appearing on “The Colbert Report,” psychological scientist Steven Pinker discusses his book The Stuff of Thought: Language As a Window Into Human Nature. Visit Page
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Neuroscience 2011
The Society for Neuroscience will hold its annual convention, Neuroscience 2011, November 12-16 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. For more information visit: http://www.sfn.org/am2011/ Visit Page
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Psychologists’ Golf Trick Shows Superstition Boosts Performance
WIRED: How can you make people better at sports? Tell them they’re using equipment that previously belonged to a professional athlete. No, really. A new study finds that golfers significantly improved their putting ability when Visit Page
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CogSci 2012
CogSci 2012 is the 34th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, to be held in Sapporo, Japan, Wednesday, August 1 – Saturday August 4, 2012. For more information visit: http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2012/index.html Visit Page
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42nd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society
The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society will be held May 31-June 2, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. The theme will be Rethinking Cognitive Development. For more information visit: http://www.piaget.org/conference.html Visit Page
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Review of Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Do cognitive biases show up in people other than college sophomores? Do people make decision mistakes outside the lab, when real incentives are on the line? Are smart people immune from bias? Are these biases Visit Page
