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Two of these critics, psychologist William Grove and lawyer R. Christopher Barden, have argued strenuously that the Rorschach “clearly fails to meet the standards for admissibility” set out in recent Supreme Court decisions.
Annie Murphy Paul • The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves
The traditional classroom consists of a teacher droning on, possibly reading from bulleted slides. This is suboptimal for brain changes, because the students are not engaged, and without engagement there is little to no plasticity. The information doesn’t stick.
David Eagleman • Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
Similarly, you should regulate your reading and your exposure to intellectual stimulation so that you don’t subject yourself to just the mind candy found in popular entertainment.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin • Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money
even at one of the world’s great academic medical centers you can easily declare yourself an expert in a condition that no one else wants to deal with.
Suzanne Koven • Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life

University of Chicago psychologist Nicholas Epley points out that in day-to-day life we have access to the many thoughts that run through our own minds. But we don’t have access to all the thoughts that are running through other people’s minds. We just have access to the tiny portion they speak out loud. This leads to the perception that I am much
... See moreDavid Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Psychology
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What’s Wrong With the Rorschach?, written with M. Teresa Nezworski, Scott Lilienfeld, and Howard Garb and released in 2003.