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What is the mechanism behind "gut feelings"?
I'm thinking of a phenomenon that I've first observed in myself when taking an IQ test. Upon looking at the question, I selected an answer, but got this "gut feeling" or a hint that something was wrong with my response. Upon seeing the answers, the…
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How do people choose at random?
This question is inspired by one asked at MathOverflow. (These questions at Cognitive Sciences and at Cross Validated might also be relevant.)
Are there any studies on what choices humans commonly make when asked
to think of a choice "at…
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Transgenderism and personality
Has any research been conducted to study how individuals may vary on personality inventories, for example, the Big Five, based on whether they are cisgender versus transgender?
Broadly, inquiry may divide into the following two domains:
Within a…
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Is there a theoretical maximum for IQ?
In "Eugenics: A Reassessment" Richard Lynn writes:
The intelligence level of the population would be expected to stabilize at its theoretical maximum of around 200 after six or seven generations.
The "intelligence level" here refers to IQ.
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Explaining mathematically why most people chose 7 when asked to chose a number between 1-10
Last day, I watched a video at ‘Numberphile’ which made a strange demand. According to the video, if you ask people to randomly pick any one integer between 1 and 10 (both inclusive), people are more likely to choose 7. They also said that around…
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Is there a neutral term for people who tend to avoid face-to-face or video/audio communication?
Imagine a person who:
Mostly prefers written communication (email, instant messaging) to making phone/video calls or seeing face-to-face
Hardly ever watches videos on the internet. Prefers reading
At college/uni, instead of attending…
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Treatment and strategies for procrastination for ADHD
I am keen to know what strategies and treatment approaches works best for procrastination for people with ADHD?
People with ADHD seem to have a different level of complexity from the usual procrastination with neurotypical people. Another thread…
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How many genders are there?
As I understand it gender is a self-assigned identity and is correlated but not wholly determined by sex.
Sex is presumably determined by the sex chromosomes present in the DNA of the cells of the individual? The sexes are presumably male and female…
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How does raw IQ change over the lifespan at the group-level?
In the classic review of intelligence research (Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns), Neisser et al (1996) write the following
Stability. Intelligence test scores are fairly stable during
development. When Jones and Bayley (1941) tested a sample of…
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Psychological effects of statutory rape - differences by gender?
Occasionally, criminal cases where female teachers have sex with male students make the news. I have the impression that many people are much less critical of that than when the victim is female, and some say they'd have been thrilled at the…
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How do you predict a cognitive bias theoretically using dual process theory?
Disclaimer: I am a complete layman in psychology, with no education in the field whatsoever. This question was prompted by my reading Kahneman's "Thinking Fast and Slow", in which he discusses the model of System 1 and System 2 extensively.
I…
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Frissons on demand
Have you ever listened to music and it gives you "chills?" This response is called a "frisson," a french word meaning "to shiver."
When I want to access certain emotional and inspirationally charged visualisations I get frissons that I can create or…
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How are qualia localized in consciousness?
I understand that evolution incorporated arbitrary qualia into the default network to inform consciousness (the largest cranial global processing information subnetwork) about properties and qualities of the body in spacetime. However, how does the…
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Will Our Brain Speed Reduce As Our Memory "Mail Boxes" Fill Up?
I recently stumbled accross the article "When the Brain's Mailbox Is Full", which can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/27/health/when-the-brain-s-mailbox-is-full.html.
The article claims that:
''As we get older, we run out of places…
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How does one study the effect of a dietary supplement on cognition?
I've really enjoyed this talk by Molly Crockett: Beware neuro-bunk. The speaker outlines the limitations of modern neuroscience when accessing the effectiveness of dietary supplements intended to enhance cognition. I believe the speaker mentioned…
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