Psychology
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Read Psychology on PlaxWhat you'll discover
- The science of habits, motivation and focus
- Cognitive biases that quietly shape your choices
- Practical takeaways you can use the same day
About Psychology on Plax
Psychology studies how people think, feel and behave: memory, habit, motivation, emotion, and the mistakes that our minds make in predictable ways. The stories here summarise research reports and explainers on those themes.
Psychology is a young science, and it has had its own corrections: some famous findings have not held up when other teams repeated them. Treat a single result as a lead, and look for findings that have been repeated. Our guide to cognitive biases shows how some of the best-supported findings apply to the way we read the news.
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- Cognitive biases that shape how we read the news
Confirmation bias, the availability heuristic, framing and more: how our minds distort what we read, and what helps. A guide for readers of the news.
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