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Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Creativity

Abstract from the Journal of Personality: Three studies examined the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and emotional creativity (EC) and whether each construct was predictive of creative behavior. It was hypothes...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Perception and misperception of bias in human judgment

Abstract of Perception and misperception of bias in human judgment, in Trends in Cognitive Science: Human judgment and decision making is distorted by an array of cognitive, perceptual and motivational biases. Recent evidence s...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Trusting your instincts

A University College London study has found that you are more likely to perform well if you do not think too hard and instead trust your instincts. The paper, published online in the journal Current Biology, shows that, in some...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Center for Naturalism — latest Newsletter

The January-February newsletter from the Center for Naturalism is out.  It contains topics such as: Science and Solidarity – The threat of global warming presents an opportunity for global solidarity against a common ene...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Illusion Contest 2007 — submissions

It’s time for this year’s Illusion Contest. The 2007 Contest Gala will be held in Sarasota, Florida (Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall) on Saturday, May 12th, 2007, during the week of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Cerebellum on emotions

When the neuro-talk falls on emotions, most start thinking about the amygdala. Little do we associate with that hind-brain structure we call the cerebellum. Although it is known that this structure is involved in more than move...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Welcome back to SCR

Science & Consciousness Review is now moving from the testing phase to a full implementation, with articles, regular headlines and more stuff added in general. We are also accepting manuscripts and suggestions in general f...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences — latest issue

A new issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences is out. Articles include topics such as introspective reports perception and action evolutionary autonomous agents We here bring the TOCs and links
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Motivation and Emotion — Special issue

The latest issue of Motivation and Emotion is a special issue on antonomy, volitional motivation and wellness. The TOC includes: goal motives and well-being autonomy and nondefensiveness Motivational Predictors of Change in Ora...