Phineas Gage is the peculiar story of a railroad foreman who improbably survived the impalement of a railroad spike entirely through the skull (Teles, 2020). …
Phineas Gage, The Social Brain, and Neurons
June 2022
The Formation of Stereotyping and Bias Behavior
Analyzing the Constructs behind Bias and Interpersonal Prejudice Stereotyping can be described as a cognitive aspect of bias which is most often applied towards demographic-based …
Relationships and Emotional Reactions
How Certain Attractions Cause Relationships to Form Relationships are formed based on the fundamental layers of attraction, including close relationships. Altruism and ego are comparable …
Social Pressures and Group Conformity
How Social Pressures Increase Group Compliance Social influences and pressure exist throughout all dynamics of social groups. A lot of social influences have been described …
Heuristics and Shortcuts
Heuristics: Why Humans Rely on These Cognitive Shortuts Heuristics could be called one of the foundational cornerstones of inferred judgment and problem solving. In fact, …
The Evolution of the Human Mind in Social Situations
How the Human Brain is a Social Tool The human brain has been categorized many ways throughout the history of the evolution of mankind. Notable, …
The Value of Social Cognition
How Much Value Could Be Found in Social Cognition Much value can be found in the analysis of social cognition, its dual modes, and its …
Self-Perceptions
How Your Perception Alters Your Cognition A lot of weight is placed in cognitive respects towards how a person feels about themselves. People are known …
How Dopamine Affects Aggression
Can Dopamine Affect Aggression The article “The Impact of Dopamine on Aggression: An [18F]-FDOPA PET Study in Healthy Males” was written in 2013 by a …
Lying to Level the Playing Field
How Dishonesty Can Help or Hurt Others The article “Lying to Level the Playing Field: Why People May Dishonestly Help or Hurt Others to Create …