You'd think people would realize they're bad at multitasking and would quit. But a cognitive illusion sets in, fueled in part by… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are… — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
A willingness to engage in the give and take of argument displays a commitment to cognitive egalitarianism - the proposition that all… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
I spent 20 years doing research on regular and irregular verbs, not because I'm an obsessive language lover but because it seemed… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Although no one treatment will ever be a panacea, research studies indicate that cognitive therapy can be helpful for a variety of… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
There is the experience of enlightenment, to be very aware of what lies beyond the boundaries of cognitive perception, reflection and self-awareness… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Formal declarations of mistrust, pre-nups are emotionally unfortunate. They overtly plan for failure, and thus involve a jarring cognitive dissonance. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
You could paper the globe with evidence that there are demonstrable cognitive and physical disparities between what are crudely called human "races."… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
I have problems with the violence and the torture on '24.' What I'm trying to say is that that's not the only… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
Although elephants are far more distantly related to us than the great apes, they seem to have evolved similar social and cognitive… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
The existential attitude is one of involvement in contrast to a merely theoretical or detached attitude. "Existential" in this sense can be… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
As the nature deficit grows, another emerging body of scientific evidence indicates that direct exposure to nature is essential for physical and… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
The cognitive functioning of a human brain depends on a delicate orchestration of many factors, especially during the critical stages of embryo… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
I really haven't been cognitive of gas prices. It wasn't until I filled up my husband's Toyota Prius Hybrid that I had… — Alexandra Paul Copy Share Image
A good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
America has long raised political and cultural cognitive dissonance to an art form. We are capable of living with enormous inequality and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
The cybernetics phase of cognitive science produced an amazing array of concrete results, in addition to its long-term (often underground) influence — Francisco Varela Copy Share Image
Lakoff's idea is that most of our thought is guided by underlying conceptual mappings between two domains that share some content, that… — Don Paterson Copy Share Image
We need to protect the same amount of cognitive liberty in an age where you can invade people's thoughts without physically intruding… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Of course our genes will make some capacities very much easier to learn than others, and of course our genes themselves are… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
Language is one component of the human cognitive capacity which happens to be fairly amenable to enquiry. So we know a good… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
