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Reads tagged with “psychology”

Five Timeless Books of Insight on Fear and the Creative Process
Five Timeless Books of Insight on Fear and the Creative Process

From Monet to Tiger Woods, or why creating rituals and breaking routines don’t have to be conflicting notions.

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Redirect: A New Way to Think About Psychological Change
Redirect: A New Way to Think About Psychological Change

How Aristotle went about cultivating virtue, or what Susan Sontag can teach us about self-improvement.

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Sentics: Emotional Healing Through Music and Touch
Sentics: Emotional Healing Through Music and Touch

A sensory antidote to addiction and depression, or what artificial intelligence has to do with poetry.

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Monoculture: How Our Era’s Dominant Story Shapes Our Lives
Monoculture: How Our Era’s Dominant Story Shapes Our Lives

What Galileo has to do with the economy, or how Wall Street is moulding your taste in art.

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An Emergency in Slow Motion: A “Psychobiography” of Diane Arbus
An Emergency in Slow Motion: A “Psychobiography” of Diane Arbus

From dwarfs to giants, or what therapy has to do with the pinnacle of postmodern photography.

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Illustrated Flowcharts to Find Answers to Life’s Big Questions
Illustrated Flowcharts to Find Answers to Life’s Big Questions

Flowcharting your way to happiness, or why you should be looking for people who intimidate you.

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Everything Sings: Countercultural Cartography of the Invisible Life of a Neighborhood
Everything Sings: Countercultural Cartography of the Invisible Life of a Neighborhood

What Ira Glass has to do with atlas antagonism, or what plotting carved pumpkins reveals about place.

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Lewis Mumford on the City: Rare Footage from 1963
Lewis Mumford on the City: Rare Footage from 1963

What Dutch highways have to do with Canadian documentaries and the psychology of protests.

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The Secret Life of Pronouns: Computational Linguistics and What Our Word Choices Reveal About Us
The Secret Life of Pronouns: Computational Linguistics and What Our Word Choices Reveal About Us

What the pronouns you use reveal about your thoughts and emotions, or how to liespot your everyday email.

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Lip Service: The Science of Smiles
Lip Service: The Science of Smiles

What crow’s feet have to do with authenticity and why you don’t remember your first smile.

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