“yawns are contagious for the same reason that smiles, frowns, and other facial expressions are contagious: They are a measure of empathy,… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“What we now know is that our brains happily reconstruct memories, though we are frequently fooled into thinking that the reconstructions are… — David DiSalvo Memory Copy Share Image
“deliberate practice—practice designed to develop mastery in the specific areas required by whatever role or position we are targeting.” — David DiSalvo Deliberate practice Copy Share Image
“Neurons that fire together wire together.” What this means in terms of memory is that the more intense the activity is between… — David DiSalvo Memory Copy Share Image
“These studies suggest that we invest the most confidence in a message when it has been repeated three to five times.” — David DiSalvo Confidence Copy Share Image
“your brain is structured to take the path of least resistance, because that's the less threatening way to go—but” — David DiSalvo Path of least resistance Copy Share Image
“illusion of control to describe what happens when we place ourselves in the role of agent in a situation that truly lacks… — David DiSalvo Illusion of control Copy Share Image
“Subjects holding the warm beverage had a significantly higher level of perceived closeness to the individual they selected than subjects holding the… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“empathize much more with those familiar to us, and this familiarity bias is demonstrated in something as basic as yawning.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“motivation to perform well and pessimistic expectations are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they seem to get along famously.” — David DiSalvo Motivation Copy Share Image
“tendency to seek confirming evidence and ignore disconfirming evidence as “confirmation bias,” and it's as human as sex, sleep, and barbeque.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“Not by coincidence is the divorce rate for second marriages higher than it is for first marriages; attempting to recapture the anticipation… — David DiSalvo Marriage Copy Share Image
“What this tells us is that the brain doesn't merely prefer certainty over ambiguity—it craves it. Our need to be right is… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“Harvard psychologist Daniel T. Gilbert, we report being less happy when in mental default, even though (according to this study) our minds… — David DiSalvo Education Copy Share Image
“Years of neuroscience research have led to the current understanding of the brain as a prediction machine—an amazingly complex organ that processes… — David DiSalvo Learning Copy Share Image
“Loneliness, Cacioppo points out, has nothing to do with how many people are physically around us, but has everything to do with… — David DiSalvo Failure Copy Share Image
“The first is working memory, or what we usually call “short-term memory”—the category of memory that includes anything we are actively thinking… — David DiSalvo Memory Copy Share Image
“In one study, participants were primed with high-achievement words (related to winning, excellence, etc.) flashed on a computer screen. Each word appeared… — David DiSalvo Computers Copy Share Image
“episodic future thinking, which means that we simulate the future by using elements from the past.” — David DiSalvo Future thinking Copy Share Image
“Cognitive fluency refers to our brains’ tendency to accept messages that are easy to understand and effortlessly fit into existing schemata (referring… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“The study authors believe that when high achievers are primed to achieve excellence, the idea that a task is “fun” undercuts their… — David DiSalvo Education Copy Share Image
“framing bias), defining it as the decision maker's conception of acts, outcomes, and contingencies associated with a particular choice.” — David DiSalvo Choice Copy Share Image
