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The theory of cognitive dissonance

Geniuses

Modern Facts About our Brains

Hot and Cold Emotions Make Us Poor Judges

Published 1905 Notes The human being who thrills to the experience of beauty in nature and in art does not forever rest with that experience unquestioned. The day comes when he yearns to pierce the secret of his emotion, to discover what it is, and why, that has so stung him--to defend and to justify his transport to himself and to others. He seeks a reason for the faith that is in him. And so...

Thruths About Human Nature

What is the Monkeysphere?

Psychology Today: The Truth About Compatibility The Truth About Compatibility Expert opinions on love and compatibility, and the interaction between biology and behavior. By: Hara Estroff Marano, Carlin Flora Love. Freud, for once, got it right. It's a cornerstone of our humanity; only love protects us enough to grow and change. And increasingly, it's the lone element absent from our otherwis...

Psychology Today: The Biology of Attraction The Biology of Attraction Much of courtship and mating is choreographed by nature. In fact, nature designed men and women to work together. By: Helen E. Fisher In an apocryphal story, a colleague once turned to the great British geneticist J.B.S. Haldane, and said, "Tell me, Mr. Haldane, knowing what you do about nature, what can you tell me about G...

The plunge of pleasure Discusses about dopamine, a neurotransmitter known for its ability to initiate muscle movement. How dopamine affects the behavior; Comparison with cocaine and alcohol; Theories on how dopamine works. By: Deborah Blum If serotonin is the Zen-master among neurotransmitter, dopamine is Pollyanna,responsible for the highs of infatuation, new love, joy, self-confidence, and mo...

The Laws of Chemistry Whom you are most attracted to reflects the biology of your brain as much as the heat of your heart. And it may not have to do with us—it's all about the kids. By: Helen Fisher Ph.D. As an anthropologist, I have long been captivated by one of the most striking characteristics of our species: We form enduring pair bonds. The vast majority of other mammals—some 97 percent—do...

Dunbar's number & the Monkeysphere From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dunbar's number, which is 150, represents a theoretical maximum number of individuals with whom a set of people can maintain a social relationship, the kind of relationship that goes with knowing who each person is and how each person relates socially to every other person.[1] Group sizes larger than this generally requir...

A Psychology of the Miraculous Is there enough evidence in the various case reports of patients who showed spontaneous remission from lifethreatening illnesses to prove that the human psyche has the power to heal itself? By:Marc Barasch Can a crisis of the flesh—say, the diagnosis of a disease such as cancer—summon barely suspected healing powers into existence? A few years ago, something chang...

The Manipulation Game

The Manipulation of Human Behavior

Thinking the unthinkable, sacred values and taboos

Persuasion In Everyday Life

Association of Ideas

One of the main differences between humans and other animals is our larger brain size—but what prompted and guided this growth? Wanting to better understand the origins of human uniqueness, scientists from the University of Tennessee have recently modeled the evolution of the brain, based on previous explanations of intelligence as the individual’s quest to achieve greater social and reproducti...

The Beatles' George Harrison wondered in his famous love song about the "something" that "attracts me like no other lover." A University at Buffalo expert explains that that "something" is actually several physical elements that -- if they occur in a certain order, at the right time and in the right place -- can result in true love.