Magical psychology
I enjoyed this article by Mo Costandi: “Sleights of hand, sleights of mind”.
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The "blooming, buzzing confusion" of William James
I ran across a heavily used quote by William James – the “blooming, buzzing confusion,” which he describes as a baby’s first experience of the world.
Whorfed
I found an interesting essay by Lera Boroditsky on Edge, titled, “How does our language shape the way we think?” She describes cross-cultural psychology expe...
Word of the day: pareidolia
Your brain works to see faces in cars, and automakers want to exploit your taste for the mean machine:
A sixth taste receptor for calcium?
Do people taste calcium?