Workers in repetitive jobs invent all sorts of challenges and games related to work jst to stay interested (1) –[…]
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Category: Book Notes
Busy: How to Thrive in a World of Too Much
Subjects checked their phone once every 6.5 minutes (1) – page xviii preface Putting our health, values, and relationships on[…]
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The Proteus Paradox: How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us—And How They Don’t
The stereotype that women prefer to heal in games is false… men and women have the same preferences… Female characters,[…]
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The Smarter Screen: Surprising Ways to Influence and Improve Online Behavior
If you want intelligence analysts to avoid blind spots, it’s helpful to zoom out and provide fewer details about the[…]
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Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People who Play Them
The kids who stole the least were those who came to the door alone and who were robbed of their[…]
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Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do
Tailored information is more effective than generic information in changing attitudes and behaviors (1) – page 37 3 The mere[…]
Read moreIncognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
The master would stand over the apprentice and watch. The students would pick up a chick, examine its rear, and[…]
Read moreGut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious
Those given more choices in online dating found the situation less enjoyable and said that it did not increase satisfaction[…]
Read moreIntuition: It’s Powers and Perils
One experiment subliminally flashed emotionally positive scenes or negative scenes in an instant before participants viewed slides of people… although[…]
Read moreSensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence
Participants who were holding a warm beverage perceived the person in mind as closer emotionally o them than did those[…]
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