Pavel Sokolovsky

psychological

fun facts · Jun 2019

People in the U.S. are moving homes less than ever

This is surprising, especially in the face of the “people are fleeing [insert city]” narrative. “A new study identifies powerful psychological factors that connect people to places, and that mean more to them than money.” | learn more

better doing · Oct 2017

Undue confidence & a stand-up response. 

In his book Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman includes a chapter about psychological priming that draws on a number of research studies. This post’s author found those studies were way too small for the level of certainty expressed in the book. This article digs right in to each of them. Make sure you read Kahneman’s reply to the post’s author in the comments - it’s excellent. |learn more