In other words, monkeys that lived in the most socially complex group had an average increase of 20% more neocortical growth than monkeys housed individually.
– Eric Michael Johnson: Social Networks Matter: Friends Increase the Size of Your Brain
Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex
Hubel, D.H. and Wiesel, T.N.
The Marvels And The Flaws Of Intuitive Thinking Edge Master Class 2011 | Conversation | Edge
Kahneman spiega il pensiero intuitivo, dal suo punto di vista.
People smoke, Dichter explained, because it is both a sign of virility and a legitimate excuse to interrupt the day for a moment of pleasure, “comparable to sucking at the nipples of a gigantic world breast”.
– In America in the 1930s a Viennese psychologist named Ernest Dichter implored advertisers to explore consumers’ unconscious desires. His insights revolutionised marketing and brought sex to advertising. (via theeconomist) Via The Economist
