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Repeated Emotional Events Make Stronger Memories; Not the Neutral Ones
Have you noticed that those repeated emotional moments (usually negative ones) tend to stick longer? Waking up at 3 am because of embarrassing moments in college, or someone wronged us in the past. Why would we not remember “happy” or neutral events? Rather, we tend ot cringe towards those most awkward, scared, or shamed moments? While
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Why Do Beginners Look More Confident Than Veterans?
Have you ever noticed how sometimes beginners can be confidently wrong about things they barely understand? But industry-savvy with years of experience seem to be too humble? This is the Dunning–Kruger effect, a classic psychological theory. First proposed in 1999, the theory describes how we perceive our own competence. It is not a judgment itself,
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