🧠⚖️ Ever wondered why you put off big decisions? New #research suggests that the emotional pain of anticipating a negative outcome is six times stronger than the happiness of a potential gain.
This biological imbalance doesn't just make us avoid risks – it actually makes us more impatient as our #brains scramble to end the "emotional burden" of uncertainty.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/health/decision-making-fear/
#psychology #brain #science #biology #health #behavior #stem
📚💡 With my small company #Illumniscate, I create transformative #education journeys. With a passion for #psychology (my academic background), I blend effective #science, #safespaces, #playfulness, #storytelling, #history, #criticalthinking & #activecitizenship.
Open to #erasmusplus collabs!
ATM finishing the 4M Storytelling #project — a visible thinking method to explore #CreativeExpression, #Media & #Advocacy, #Participation, and #Fundraising. Follow the #4mStorytelling hashtag for updates! 🌟
[P] Also in the category of "All Neurotypicals are Dark Triad to Some Extent:" r/fakedisordercringe on Reddit. I gathered evidence of them harassing and bullying diagnosed kids and took it to the Reddit admins on various occasions and I was ghosted every time. The subreddit that has memes of the Judge Rotenberg Center being "Good for what ails ya." still exists. Cool. Is it any wonder why I'm weary of typies?
#psychology #actuallyautistic #neurotypicals #ableism #prejudice #reddit
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All humans are complex: partly real, and partly imaginary.
#mathematics #psychology
📚🧠 Our #brains are being trained to think passively by the infinite scroll of #socialmedia, leading to increased #anxiety and a higher susceptibility to "illusory truth."
Cognitive scientists explain that the simple act of "deep #reading" – intentionally slowing down to engage critically with a single text – can act as a biological shield, lowering #stress levels and sharpening our ability to identify false information.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/one-change-to-your-reading-habit-fights-stress-and-misinformation
#neuroscience #psychology #literacy #wellness #mindfulness #education #learning #science
Hello everyone! I moved here from another instance. I'm mainly interested in #ttrpg (tabletop role-playing games) but also in #sociology, #psychology, #history, #art and #science
The whole X-peddles-CSAM thing is really fascinating to me from a #psychology point of view. Each person still having an account at X is faced with a moral dilemma.
On the one hand, there is the powerful draw of "network effects" - they have a bunch of followers on X presumably, so that has a tough-to-renouce, tangible value to them.
But on the other hand - is the value of the "network effects" heavier than the value of _not_ condoning #CSAM? Each X user effectively votes with their feet, as to how heavily they place value on the network effects. By remaining, it's effectively a "vote" that the "network effects" are **still** too valuable to pass up!
Like would #Musk need to, say, bite the head off their baby, in order for them to turn their back on X? Everyone has their threshold where the scale "tips", as it were. It's an interesting "weigh in", as to where people will draw a line, morally.
How rude of me - I haven't introduced myself. I have been Tom all my life - sometimes, as a GP, Dr. Tom (remote rural places and occasionally really remote - Antarctica and the Falkland Is.) Love all kinds of #music but especially "classical", #poetry and am fascinated by playing with words. Play the tenor and baritone sax for my own pleasure (from Bach to Piazzolla). #Green, #lefty, #photography, #psychology and #art. Rebuilding my life and learning to be myself. Alone. Love this place.
The goal: to have a comprehensive data driven understanding how multi-generational trauma shapes implicit bias in institutions, groups, familes etc and how it intertwines DK in community leaders.
So that we can work together to address these issues together!
Reliable studies or sources
Boost for effect! 🙏
Here’s one below. I’m going through now
https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fijerph19105944
@academicchatter
#psychology
#science
#sociology
#bias
#multigeneration
#trauma
#misinformation
#disinformation
#introduction: Hi I’m Farah. I’m originally from a small South Asian country; now live in Iowa, USA. I talk about my hobbies, #books, #gaming, #sciencefiction and #StarTrek and other isssues like #mentalheaIth #science #psychology. Occasionally I’ll talk about #USpolitics. I complain about the world a lot. I am pathologically anxious and make jokes to compensate, they aren’t always funny. Trying to connect with people because it’s hard to make friends in real life. Peace! 🖖🏼
Now that I'm moved to neuromatch.social, a new #introduction.
I’m a professor at UPenn who studies memory. I work at the nexus of brain research and computation. I’m also writing a book: When it comes to understanding the brain, what are we trying to achieve? What’s our plan to get there? What challenges do we face?
Writing has deepened my appreciation for community-based progress. I'm excited to be here to participate in, and benefit from, collective intelligence.
I'm also committed to restraining myself from the power of 10K characters. But I will Edit - that is the superpower that we all deserve.
#neuroscience #psychology #neuroAI #author @cogneurophys @complexsystems
