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Is there a correlation between high IQ and creativity?
Is there a correlation between high IQ for example over 125 and creativity?
Is creativity improved or does its importance simply diminish?
Maybe there could also be confounding variables as well? It can be easier to be creative if you're not the…
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Under what conditions does 60hz video produce visual artifacts?
There are some important thresholds of frame rate in video playback that effect whether or not animation appears fluid. This wikipedia page about Visible Frame Rate suggests that a framerate of 60 hertz doesn't quite provide enough information fast…
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Perception of probability of being right
The probability that people percept may be different from the real one due to a number of factors, including the form in which their are presented, their context and biases (due to misinformation or wishful thinking).
My question if there is any…
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Does data support Domhoff's neurocognitive theory of dreams?
A friend described consistent feelings and themes during a dream. It is my understanding that the contents of our dreams are our subconscious/unconscious/preconscious processing stimuli from the day or our general state of mind. Most of which…
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Why is an image of a face without features disturbing?
Below is a snapshot of an article linked from LinkedIn today.
What I find more disturbing than the topic at hand is the featured image used to head up the article.
Clearly it's important to provide suitable images to match content.
But why is a face…
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What causes a person to be curious, inquisitive and explorative?
Why do humans (primates) tend to be curious, inquisitive and explorative?
They want to know things that they do not. They explore stuff in an attempt to find something new which makes them adventurous and willing to accept challenges. They tend to…
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Evidence-based best practices for writing a gratitude journal
I was intrigued to read (in the question "What positive writing exercises improve happiness?") the idea of a gratitude diary suggested as an intervention that "causes psychological well-being levels to increase in a lasting way".
Empirical studies…
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Does Facebook activity predict job performance?
I've seen a little bit of discussion in the media about Facebook being used in selection and recruitment settings.
Assuming an employer can gain access to a person's Facebook profile, have any scientific studies been conducted to assess the…
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Why don't people read instructions?
Some people are very careless when reading instruction on a work task they've been given or in reading any other kind of text. They would skip some of the sentences, not get deep into other and generally care very little if they understood the text…
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Is there a conflict between Mindfulness-based and Acceptance-based Therapies and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)?
Mindfulness-based and Acceptance-based therapies are gaining vast momentum in the treatment of mental illnesses. These therapy modalities are seen to share some similarity with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) (Ost, 2008), however, I am curious to…
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What is the current status of tetrachromacy in humans?
Tetrachromacy is a condition of having four colour channels. There is a hypothesis that some women posses 4 different types of cone cells (each with different opsin responsible for different absorption spectrum) and can process them.
Despite some…
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Are there third party providers of Mechanical Turk psychology experiment services?
For various reasons it can be difficult to run a Mechanical Turk experiment (i.e., you don't have the technical expertise, you don't reside in the United States, etc.)
Have any third-party providers arisen with the express purpose of managing the…
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Refinements of Rescorla-Wagner model of classical conditioning
The Rescorla-Wagner model is one of the most commonly discussed mathematical models of classical conditioning. It was wildly popular when it came out in 1972, and very successful. The same math, is used in the delta-rule which is a special case of…
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What causes fear of failure to lead to lack of effort and actual failure?
Background: I'm having hard time motivating myself to study. In my first year I was a very good student, I had the motivation to study because I wanted to compete, it was first and maybe hardest year. I wanted to show that I am good and better. I…
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What are effective strategies for increasing concentration and motivation when doing seemingly passive activities such as reading journal articles?
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Unfortunately I am not a specialist in Cognitive Science I am just a regular CS student who has big interest in cognitive science.
I want to share with you some interesting observation I am sure all of us familiar with it, however I…
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