psychology
2024-09-14 @ 13.22.30 ∈ In English
(From 2023; Medium.com, eww)
AI and the American Smile
Why do you smile the way you do? A silly question, of course, since it’s only “natural” to smile the way you do, isn’t it? It’s common sense. How else would someone smile? As a person who was not born in the U.S., who immigrated here from the former Soviet Union, as I did, this question is not so simple.
2024-06-23 @ 16.09.10 ∈ In English
2024-04-03 @ 16.18.15 ∈ In English
I wonder if this is (at least partly) explans different people’s different video framerate prefences (30 vs 60 fps).
I spy with my speedy eye – scientists discover speed of visual perception ranges widely in humans
Some participants in the experiment indicated they saw the light as completely still when it was in fact flashing about 35 times per second, while others were still able to perceive the flashing at rates of over 60 times per second.
2024-03-17 @ 12.32.59 ∈ Suomeksi
2024-02-27 @ 13.02.33 ∈ In English
2024-01-30 @ 14.39.02 ∈ In English
Why You’ve Never Been In A Plane Crash—Asterisk
Conducting a police-style investigation that faults a deceased pilot does nothing to affect the probability of future accidents. To follow the spirit of Annex 13, investigators must ask how others could be prevented from making the same mistakes in the future.
2023-12-21 @ 13.24.32 ∈ In English
At what point does the Santa myth become a harmful deception? | Psyche Ideas
The adults who remembered feeling the worst were at an older age when they learned about Santa, they tended to have found out abruptly, and from another person, rather than figuring it out on their own. Yet a similar number of children, and around 13 per cent of adults, recalled experiencing positive emotions upon learning Santa wasn’t real.
2023-12-19 @ 19.51.35 ∈ In English
Is it OK to let my kids watch the same show over and over again?
On subsequent viewings they may pick up more details about the characters, the songs, the context or even the subtle twists and turns of the plot. So this offers children insights into different characters, stories and ideas. […] Repeat watching also enables immersion into a make-believe world that provides comfort.
2023-11-29 @ 7.18.19 ∈ In English
Rubbish bins designed with children’s drawings rejected by residents
The orange bin collected more than 2 kilograms of litter on average, while the gray one collected 1.5 kilograms, but the one with children's drawings only collected 0.5 kilograms. Therefore, the orange bin was four times more effective than the one with children's drawings.