Author: Lloyd Morgan
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More Psychology of Mirrors
Mind Hacks has brought to my attention a number of interesting mirror-related studies: Mirror Agnosia […] a condition where people lose their sense of reflection. In these cases, the patient still has intact knowledge about mirrors, they can describe what they do and how they work, but they can’t seem to put it into practice.…
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Startup Ideas Y Combinator Would Like to Fund
A list of startup ideas Y Combinator would like to fund: A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom Simplified browsing More variants of CRM Web Office apps Online learning Tools for measurement A form of search that depends on design New payment methods A web-based Excel/database hybrid A buffer against…
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More Interaction Design Patterns
A huge library of interaction design patterns; from accordion navigation to virtual product display. [This library is] a reference or basic ‘toolkit’ you can use when designing user experiences. It is no substitute for creative design, it simply seeks to describe what we know and have learned about solutions you will find abundantly on the…
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The Psychology of Mirrors
The Psychology of Mirrors Subjects tested in a room with a mirror have been found to work harder, to be more helpful and to be less inclined to cheat, [and] were comparatively less likely to judge others based on social stereotypes about, for example, sex, race or religion. “When people are made to be self-aware,…
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Best Psychology Articles (2003-2006)
In 2006—to mark its three year anniversary—the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest asked some of the world’s best psychology bloggers to discuss a psychology journal article from the last three years which they found inspiring or that changed the way they think. The result: the best psychology articles from 2003–2006 Just how good are police…
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The Better Idea
Since reading Ramit’s The Myth of the Great Idea over two and a half years ago, I’ve been tinkering with the idea. However, it’s always the simplest things that win-out in the end. The myth of The Great Idea is a dangerous one. It makes you constantly search and search for something that you’ll probably…
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25 Photography Tutorials
A list of 25 great photography tutorials and links – courtesy of Digital Photography School.
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Will Draw Anything for $2
Yirmumah will draw you anything—in a comic book style—for just $2. Why am I doing this? Number one, it’s fun. Number two, it’s practice to make me faster and keep me sharp drawing various things I wouldn’t have thought to draw. […] Now the 2 dollar thing just seems very funny to me for some…
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Knowing When To Quit
The Intrepid Mompreneur left a big law firm after 3 years to launch her own business; has left a marriage with two kids; and walked away from her own million dollar a year law business. Now she’s telling us how to know when it’s time to leave: The pain of staying is greater than the…
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Visual Cliff: Infant Depth Perception
Original archive video of Gibson and Walk’s Visual Cliff experiment: testing infant depth perception by getting them to walk over glass plates suspended above a drop. The researchers wanted to find out whether 6 to 14 month-old infants could perceive depth. The study put the infants, one at a time, in the middle of a…