psychology

Instant feedback may improve behaviour more than delayed punishment.

But they ultimately lose because they arrogantly refuse to stand on the shoulders of giants. Utilizing access points is humility. We are all connected by the eternal river and to admit that is to accept that we have shared commonalities with our ancestors.

when faced with multiple demands, our mental capacity is simply too limited to be able to handle everything at once, and the verification process is one of the first things to go. When that happens, we are left with uncorrected beliefs, things that we will later recall as true when they are, in fact, false. (Are there poisonous snakes in Maine?

So, as I have already said, Lincoln put the letter aside, for he had learnt by bitter experience that sharp criticisms and rebukes almost invariably end in futility.

If you look, I think you’ll find that wherever information is exchanged—wherever there are products, companies, careers, politics, knowledge, education, and culture—the best story wins.

In this study, Johns Hopkins researchers tested the PullClean at a ward in Baltimore, finding that hand hygiene compliance increased from 25% to 77%. By making sanitation a defaulted and more automatic behaviour, instead of expecting people to go out of their way, their design builds the assumption – the default – that every time you open a door,

Neuroscientist Diana Tamir found that your brain gets more pleasure from you talking about yourself than it does from food or money.

Quite the contrary. What makes Holmes who he is, what places him above detectives, inspectors, and civilians alike, is his willingness to engage in the nonlinear, embrace the hypothetical, entertain the conjecture; it’s his capacity for creative thought and imaginative reflection.

For example, fast fashion has become a problem in recent years. So companies have begun creating “tomorrow’s solution” with responsible manufacturing practices, sustainable materials use, and business models that promote a circular economy.