Hacker News with Generative AI: Psychology

Why Narcissists Emerge as Leaders Even in Childhood (scientificamerican.com)
Narcissistic leaders both fascinate and repel us. They can be charming, act assertively and articulate visions that may inspire confidence, especially in times of uncertainty. This can attract many followers.
Psychology, Leadership, Childhood, Narcissism
7 points by bookofjoe 3 days ago | 1 comments
The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet (sebs.website)
Have you ever walked into a supermarket, pharmacy, or department store looking to buy a specific item, only to find the layout confusing? Perhaps you ended up aimlessly strolling around, purchasing other items? This is deliberate, and known as the Gruen Transfer.
Retail, Design, Psychology
349 points by Incerto 3 days ago | 250 comments
'Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria' Turns a Small Snub into a Big Deal (nytimes.com)
For some people, perceived criticism can be overwhelming.
Mental Health, Psychology, Social Media, Relationships
8 points by bookofjoe 3 days ago | 2 comments
How long does it take to create a new habit? (2015) (thelogicaloptimist.com)
In 1960, Dr. Maxwell Maltz published his bestseller book “Psycho-Cybernetics” in which he defines happiness as a habit and claims that “it usually requires a minimum of about 21 days” to form a new habit.
Habits, Psychology, Science, Self-Improvement
196 points by rzk 4 days ago | 132 comments
Getting to know your Out-Of-Comfort Zone (humaninterfaces.co)
There is a popular adage that you have to step outside your comfort zone to achieve great things.
Personal Growth, Self-Improvement, Psychology
9 points by vladimirbaranov 4 days ago | 0 comments
Behavioral Sink (wikipedia.org)
"Behavioral sink" is a term invented by ethologist John B. Calhoun to describe a collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation.
Overpopulation, Animal Behavior, Psychology, Ethology
5 points by simonebrunozzi 4 days ago | 0 comments
Zersetzung (wikipedia.org)
Zersetzung (pronounced [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ] ⓘ, German for "decomposition" and "disruption") was a psychological warfare technique used by the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) to repress political opponents in East Germany during the 1970s and 1980s.
Cold War, East Germany, Surveillance, Psychology, History
20 points by walterbell 4 days ago | 0 comments
The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state (nber.org)
We estimate the effect of social media deactivation on users’ emotional state in two large randomized experiments before the 2020 U.S. election.
Social Media, User Behavior, Emotions, Research, Psychology
500 points by imakwana 5 days ago | 497 comments
End-of-History Illusion (wikipedia.org)
The end-of-history illusion is a psychological illusion in which individuals of all ages believe that they have experienced significant personal growth and changes in tastes up to the present moment, but will not substantially grow or mature in the future.[1] Despite recognizing that their perceptions have evolved, individuals predict that their perceptions will remain roughly the same in the future.
Psychology, Cognitive Science, Illusion, Human Development
8 points by jhncls 5 days ago | 0 comments
Smart People Can Stop Being Miserable (theatlantic.com)
Intelligence can make you happier, but only if you see it as more than a tool to get ahead.
Happiness, Intelligence, Psychology
28 points by handfuloflight 6 days ago | 8 comments
'Immediate red flags': questions raised over 'expert' much quoted in UK press (theguardian.com)
News outlets pull articles featuring ‘psychologist and sex adviser’ Barbara Santini amid doubts over her credentials
Journalism, Media, Fake News, UK, Psychology
103 points by mellosouls 7 days ago | 42 comments
Endowment Effect (wikipedia.org)
In psychology and behavioral economics, the endowment effect, also known as divestiture aversion, is the finding that people are more likely to retain an object they own than acquire that same object when they do not own it.
Psychology, Behavioral Economics
4 points by rzk 9 days ago | 0 comments
Fashionable Nonsense. Behaviorial Science Is Bullshit (thebaffler.com)
You’ve heard the rumors. People named Dennis are more likely to become dentists. If you do a little ritual before you go on stage, you’ll perform better. If you give your employees chocolate chip cookies, they will become, as if by magic, more motivated. What you think, and the judgments you make, are conditioned by “bias” that you need to overcome with data. With statistics. With science.
Behavioral Science, Psychology, Social Science, Statistics, Science
16 points by Traces 12 days ago | 1 comments
Cognitive abilities predict performance in everyday computer tasks (sciencedirect.com)
Cognitive abilities predict people’s ability to complete common tasks with computers.
Cognitive Abilities, Human-Computer Interaction, Research, Psychology
32 points by pseudolus 12 days ago | 19 comments
How to Start a Conversation (bradwoods.io)
Charlie woke up to the same quiet apartment, the same stale morning air, and the same knot in his stomach. He wasn't nervous about work — he was nervous about the elevator ride.
Social Skills, Communication, Psychology, Anxiety
22 points by bradwoodsio 13 days ago | 4 comments
Hunger shifts attention towards less healthy food options, study finds (medicalxpress.com)
New research suggests that when people are hungry, they focus more on the tastiness of food and tend to ignore nutritional information, which may contribute to poor dietary decisions.
Nutrition, Psychology, Food, Health, Research
67 points by PaulHoule 13 days ago | 19 comments
Reminiscence Bump (wikipedia.org)
The reminiscence bump is the tendency for adults over forty to have increased or enhanced recollection for events that occurred during their adolescence and early adulthood.
Memory, Psychology, Aging, Cognitive Science
5 points by amichail 13 days ago | 0 comments
Misokinesia, sensitivity to seeing others fidget prevalent in general population (nature.com)
Misokinesia––or the ‘hatred of movements’––is a psychological phenomenon that is defined by a strong negative affective or emotional response to the sight of someone else’s small and repetitive movements, such as seeing someone fidget with a hand or foot.
Psychology, Science, Human Behavior
10 points by bookofjoe 15 days ago | 1 comments
Delusional themes may be more varied than we thought (bps.org.uk)
A recent study takes a global look at common themes of delusions, finding far more than previously assumed.
Psychology, Mental Health, Research, Cognitive Science
50 points by domofutu 16 days ago | 70 comments
Gaze predicts intra- and interindividual differences in attention control (osf.io)
Psychology, Attention, Neuroscience, Research
7 points by PaulHoule 17 days ago | 0 comments
Who Falls for Fake News? (neurosciencenews.com)
A global study of more than 66,000 participants has revealed which groups of people are most susceptible to misinformation.
Misinformation, Psychology, Social Science, Research, Demographics
14 points by talonx 17 days ago | 9 comments
Differential brain activations between partisans when considering food purchases (cambridge.org)
We measured brain activity using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) paradigm and conducted a whole-brain analysis while healthy adult Democrats and Republicans made non-hypothetical food choices.
Neuroscience, Political Science, Food Consumption, fMRI, Psychology
4 points by PaulHoule 17 days ago | 0 comments
Crashing the Car of Pax Americana (epsilontheory.com)
“Can I confess something? I tell you this as an artist, I think you’ll understand. Sometimes when I’m driving… On the road at night… I see two headlights coming toward me. Fast. I have this sudden impulse to turn the wheel quickly, head-on into the oncoming car. I can anticipate the explosion. The sound of shattering glass. The flames rising out of the flowing gasoline.”
Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary
4 points by TheAlchemist 18 days ago | 0 comments
The Elephant in America's Room: Psychology Explains Our Political Civil War (medium.com)
For centuries, Western philosophy has celebrated human reason as our defining feature — what separates us from animals and allows us to discover moral truths.
Psychology, Politics, United States, Philosophy
6 points by antoviaque 18 days ago | 0 comments
Intentionally Making Close Friends (2021) (neelnanda.io)
One of the greatest sources of joy in my life are my close friends. People who bring excitement and novelty into my life. Who expose me to new experiences, and ways of seeing the world. Who help me learn, point out my blind spots, and correct me when I am wrong. Who I can lean on when I need support, and who lean on me in turn.
Friendship, Personal Growth, Relationships, Psychology, Self-Improvement
328 points by fi-le 18 days ago | 116 comments
Listening habits and effects of background music in people with and without ADHD (frontiersin.org)
Music is omnipresent in our daily lives (Hu et al., 2021; International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, 2023; North et al., 2004), serving diverse functions such as emotion regulation, concentration enhancement, and providing background engagement during other activities (Chamorro-Premuzic and Furnham, 2007; Goltz and Sadakata, 2021; Hu et al., 2021; Kotsopoulou and Hallam, 2010; Mas-Herrero et al., 2013; Schäfer et al., 2013).
ADHD, Music, Neuroscience, Psychology, Research
65 points by bookofjoe 18 days ago | 26 comments
The ADHD body double: A unique tool for getting things done (add.org)
Can something as simple as another person’s presence make it easier to stay on task?
ADHD, Productivity, Psychology, Life Hacks
365 points by rzk 20 days ago | 216 comments
Do women talk more than men? (bps.org.uk)
New research challenges an old assumption with modern technology…
Gender, Communication, Psychology, Research, Technology
25 points by domofutu 21 days ago | 27 comments
Purple exists only in our brains (snexplores.org)
There is something unique about the color purple: Our brain makes it up. So you might just call purple a pigment of our imagination.
Neuroscience, Perception, Color Theory, Psychology
43 points by geox 22 days ago | 74 comments
I Hired 5 People to Sit Behind Me and Make Me Productive for a Month (simonberens.com)
Most people approach productivity from the bottom up. They notice something about a process that feels inefficient, so they set out to fix that specific problem. They use a website blocker and a habit tracker, but none of these tools address the root problem. Personally, I even went as far as making my own tools, but they yielded at most 20% more productive time. I craved more, and I was willing to go as far as it takes.
Productivity, Personal Experimentation, Psychology
16 points by DamonHD 23 days ago | 6 comments