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Reads tagged with “psychology”

What Is Character? Debunking the Myth of Fixed Personality
What Is Character? Debunking the Myth of Fixed Personality

On the emotional scaffolding of the self, or how the dynamics of temperament fluctuate with social context.

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The Visual Cliff: What a 1960 Perception Experiment Reveals About Emotional Decision-Making
The Visual Cliff: What a 1960 Perception Experiment Reveals About Emotional Decision-Making

Why we’re all just babies on Plexiglas when it comes to interpreting and acting on emotional ambiguity.

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How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love
How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love

Why prestige is the enemy of passion, or how to master the balance of setting boundaries and making friends.

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A Brief History of Children’s Picture Books and the Art of Visual Storytelling
A Brief History of Children’s Picture Books and the Art of Visual Storytelling

From cave paintings to Maurice Sendak, or what modern ebooks can learn from mid-century design icons.

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Full Spectrum Reading List: 7 Great Books by TED 2012 Speakers
Full Spectrum Reading List: 7 Great Books by TED 2012 Speakers

Anatomy of introversion, inside the brain’s optimism bias, and a blueprint for doomsday from PC Guy.

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Memory Is Not a Recording Device: How Technology Shaped Our Metaphors for Remembering
Memory Is Not a Recording Device: How Technology Shaped Our Metaphors for Remembering

Debunking the myth that memory is about “reliving” a permanent record stored in a filing cabinet.

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Full Spectrum 2012: 10 Books on Sensemaking for the TED Bookstore
Full Spectrum 2012: 10 Books on Sensemaking for the TED Bookstore

A reading list for combinatorial creativity.

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William Gibson on Cultivating a “Personal Micro-Culture”
William Gibson on Cultivating a “Personal Micro-Culture”

On the building blocks of creativity and acquiring a sense of what feels right.

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The Disappearing Bicyclist: A Chess Champion’s Vintage Puzzle to Tickle Your Brain
The Disappearing Bicyclist: A Chess Champion’s Vintage Puzzle to Tickle Your Brain

“Which boy has vanished? Where did he go?”

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David Brooks on the Dangerous Division Between Reason and Emotion, Animated
David Brooks on the Dangerous Division Between Reason and Emotion, Animated

The false division of the self, or what’s wrong with using physics to assess human behavior.

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