Posts tagged cognition
The Trust Gap: Why People Are So Cynical
Apr 26th
Psyblog looks at why we have so much difficulty in trusting others.
http://www.spring.org.uk/2010/04/the-trust-gap-why-people-are-so-cynical.php
In one experiment people honoured the trust placed in them between 80% and 90% of the time, but only estimated that others would honour their trust about 50% of the time.
Some Social Skills May Be Genetic
Jan 20th
Wired magazine has an article which highlights genetic aspects of cognition.
“The findings suggest that face-recognition and other cognitive skills may be separate from each other, and independent of general intelligence”
Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/face-recognition/#ixzz0d5uQFroK