Psychology and Self-Improvement 1

In an attempt to de-centralize my Twitter, I’ll try to post interesting information I find on my blog more. Twitter is easy and fast, but I found some nice extensions that can significantly expedite link aggregation. The natural second step would be to get a Tumbler for pictures (Update: got it). I’ll still use Twitter, but this way the content will be more divided into appropriate categories, sorted by importance, and collected into archives, be it posts or pictures. We’ll see how this experiment goes 🙂

Role of Affect in the Expression of Culture

On Oedipus and Electra: Choosing Your Mate

Availability Heuristic and Cognitive Bias

This Thursday, January 15th, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River. The crash was very widely publicized by the US press. I would like to mention one interesting phenomenon that might affect cognition of people after this event.

Unconscious Racism

Left Side: Italian, Right Side: Foreigner
“Skin comes in many colors. Blood one only” (Source)