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'Cognitive Illusions' investigates a wide range of fascinating psychological effects in the way we think, judge and remember in our everyday lives.
Explores a wide range of psychological effects in the way think, judge, and remember in our everyday lives.
An intellectual tour of the world's lesser-known histories offers a collection of alternate views that are drawn from a premise that history has been recorded from the corrupted perspectives of its victors.
An intellectual tour of the world's lesser-known histories offers a collection of alternate views that are drawn from a premise that history has been recorded from the corrupted perspectives of its victors.
Assessment of error and uncertainty is a vital component of both natural and social science. Empirical research involves dealing with all kinds of errors and uncertainties, yet there is significant variance in how such results are dealt with. Contributors to this volume present …
Scientists have recently made the alarming discovery that the human mind is apparently hard wired to make mistakes in judgment -- cognitive illusions that function like mental blinders including juror's fallacy, predictability in hindsight, and the seven deadly mental sins.
Seventeen-year-old Katie uses a magical locket to change past mistakes, with disastrous results.