#ambiguity tolerance

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Left Brain, Right Brain; One Brain, Two Brain: The Difference Between Conservatives and Liberals

Ever look at your favorite drunk uncle at Thanksgiving & think he seems like he's a completely different species? You're not far off. There are real and significant differences between liberal and conservative brains, but they don't have to define us.

Differences Between Conservatives and Liberals When is a Circle a Circle? Can the Answer Indicate Your Politics? How About Biases? Can They? – PsyBlog #ScienceFact: your ability to recognize an irregularly drawn circle as a circle or tolerate looking at disgusting pictures predicts your political orientation. Science Fact: Red States Treat Blue States Like Foreigners There is a natural…

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Getting your neighbors to mask up: ambiguity Tolerance and Intolerance

Getting your neighbors to mask up: ambiguity Tolerance and Intolerance

The Ambiguity of Resistance: We’d KNOW If We Were Living in Fascist Amerika

There are some very solid findings in psychology, so we have a very reliable notion of how we respond to ambiguity. The bottom line is that when we are in novel situations like the novel #COVID19 pandemic, we aren’t sure what to do, so we look to those around us for guidance.

This one phenomenon of ambiguity — if…

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Psychotherapist Philippa Perry gave a talk at the ICA earlier this year, entitled "How To Be Happy". I email her and say that I feel as though I'm at the top of a mountain and it's downhill from now on. She replies that this isn't a very helpful metaphor, that I should try changing it. "Habits of thinking get more ingrained as we think them more," she writes. "Literally: neural pathways get more established. But habits of thinking can be changed. Your brain remains plastic throughout your life. That means it's never too late to learn new things, thus giving yourself new experiences.

Philippa Perry