» cognition https://www.espsych.com.au esp Emerging Solutions Psychological Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:46:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 The Trust Gap: Why People Are So Cynical https://www.espsych.com.au/?p=139 https://www.espsych.com.au/?p=139#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:16:15 +0000 admin http://www.espsych.com.au/?p=139 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.

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]]> https://www.espsych.com.au/?feed=rss2&p=139 0 Some Social Skills May Be Genetic https://www.espsych.com.au/?p=94 https://www.espsych.com.au/?p=94#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:04:10 +0000 admin http://www.espsych.com.au/?p=94 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

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