Are you performing in your right mind (Wilson, 1993)? The two hemispheres of our brain have very disparate functions. The left hemisphere of our brain is very cognitive. It controls our speech, ...

A recent study from the science publication Current Biology attempts to determine the basic neurological and cultural reasons why people think music sounds pleasant or not. If something sounds ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...

Cognitive dissonance happens when you hold two conflicting thoughts in your mind at the same time — like loving both hamburgers and cows. Cognitive dissonance is a theory in social psychology first ...

Cognitive dissonance isn’t something we talk about a lot, but we experience examples of it happening all the time. Cognitive dissonance, in psychological terms, describes the discomfort felt when your ...

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