Nick Chater persuades us that the mind is flat (thread). #BX2019
We live with a profound illusion, sustained by the experience that whatever we pay attention to seems incredibly complex.
The detail isn’t actually there. We find it when we need it. #BX2019
The Kuleshov effect. The faces are exactly the same, influenced the images on the right. #BX2019
Study: Love from a high bridge.
Attractive female experimenters hand out more phone numbers (and get called more) by male participants when they stand on a higher bridge.
Misattribution of attraction to the adrenaline men experience.
#BX2019
Mechanism: The brain works by drawing on experiences from the past, using these patterns to make sense of the present.
#BX2019
Chater: “We should think of ourselves as ‘traditions’.
#BX2019
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