The Psychology of Learning: Context Matters–Where You Learn is How You Learn

September 16, 2009
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The Psychology of Learning: Context Matters–Where You Learn is How You Learn

Where you learn is very important as it is directly related to how well you will remember it when it comes time to take that final. If you learn in one environment and take a test in a completely different environment, you are shooting yourself in the foot.

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Wearing Black Makes You Tougher. GRRRRRR

July 16, 2009
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Wearing Black Makes You Tougher. GRRRRRR

Swat teams, Oakland Raiders fans, The Wicked Witch of The West, the Russian MIGs in Top Gun, ninjas, and L.L. Cool Jay in Any Given Sunday all have two things in common; they all wear black and they are all pretty intimidating.

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The Psychology of Twitter, Facebook, and Other Social Networking Devices

June 19, 2009
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The Psychology of Twitter, Facebook, and Other Social Networking Devices

The internet has made it possible for humans to remain connected. Individuals who have problems finding friends or romantic partners by "normal means" may go to the internet and unleash the narcissism within themselves in an attempt to grab the worlds attention.

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Money as a Counter-Productive Motivating Factor

June 4, 2009
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Money as a Counter-Productive Motivating Factor

What happens to people's internal motivation for an activity when they receive an external reward for doing the activity that they had previously been quite willing to do without the reward?

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Psychology of Music Ability – An Argument for Nature Rather Than Nurture

May 28, 2009
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Psychology of Music Ability – An Argument for Nature Rather Than Nurture

Ukkola and her team found that there was statistically significant correlations within family and how the individuals scored. More creative individuals tended to have more creative siblings.

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Facial Recognition

May 21, 2009
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Facial recognition is a skill dependent on a specific part of our brain

Facial recognition is a skill dependent on a specific part of our brain. The area, known as the fusiform face area is located in the same area that processes our vision and without it we wouldn't be able to identify people.

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