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      <title>| Learning From the Illusion of Understanding</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["The feeling of certainty might be our default setting. (...) We believe we understand the world with detail and coherence, even though our folk theories are usually incomplete."]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-09T14:15:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| Mindfulness: Observing Without Questioning</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["An unfortunate aspect of our mental life is how unscientific it is. When we have an intuition – an idea about how the world works and how we behave in it – we act like the amateur scientist; we don’t investigate opposing ideas but automatically seek out confirming evidence. We’re elaborate story weavers (...)"]]></description>
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      <title>| The Albatross and the Chameleon</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The curious case of domain dependency.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2013-03-12T14:02:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| Virtues of Cognitive Workout</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New research reveals neurological underpinnings of intelligence.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2013-02-09T17:24:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| The Science of Creativity in 2013: Looking Back to Look Forward</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Amid growing interest in creativity in the lab and on the pages of popular books and magazines, these recent studies stand out.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2013-01-01T16:00:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| Awe&#45;Inspiring Art as a Byproduct of the Freeze Response</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How awe --- both beautiful and terrible --- causes us to freeze in our tracks.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-12-10T18:08:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| The Expert&#8217;s Ear: Expertise And Aesthetic Judgments</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Do objective standards in art exist? Are experts in the best position to recognize these standards because they appreciate work conducted within their domain of expertise? ]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-11-04T15:29:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| The Role of Suspense in Stories and Music</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Storytellers and musicians create and manage expectations to build suspense and keep the audience coming back for more.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-09-30T14:30:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| Ego Depletion, Motivation and Attention: A New Model of Self&#45;Control</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New research suggests that willpower slackens not because self-control is depleted but rather as the result of shifts in motivation, attention and emotion.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-09-23T14:30:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| Correcting Creativity: The Struggle for Eminence</title>
      <link>http://www.creativitypost.com/philosophy/correcting_creativity_the_struggle_for_eminence</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Excessive focus on the cognitive science of creativity trivializes "big C" creativity and reduces eminent creators and their creations to clichés. This misplaced focus robs us of the opportunity to understand original thinking and genuine innovation.
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      <dc:date>2012-09-11T14:30:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| The Science of Expectation: Using Humor To Understand Creativity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How humor first plays to our expectations and then breaks them to leave us laughing.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-08-20T13:30:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| What We Laugh At and Why We Laugh</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When do we laugh most? The surprising answer is not during joke-telling. We laugh when we're with our friends, most of the time at the trivial stuff, leading some cognitive scientists to speculate on the evolutionary origins off laughter. ]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-07-27T14:55:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| What Radiohead Teaches Us About Musical Innovation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What makes a great musician or band great? From an evolutionary point of view, it might come down to pleasure. ]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-07-01T14:00:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| Where Does Passion Come From?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Why are all great achievers willing to go through all the pain? Small genetic advantages might make the difference.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-06-02T19:26:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| Thinking Laterally In A Linear World: Why More Education Isn&#8217;t Important</title>
      <link>http://www.creativitypost.com/pop-culture/thinking_laterally_in_a_linear_world_why_more_education_isnt_important</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Competition makes us better. But thinking about the world as a contest might be a bane on creativity. ]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-10T06:14:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| The Irrationality of Irrationality: The Paradox of Popular Psychology</title>
      <link>http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/the_irrationality_of_irrationality_the_paradox_of_popular_psychology</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The popular psychology of judgement and decision making is enlightening. But many readers are approaching these books uncritically.  ]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-01T13:14:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| The Pros and Cons of Likemindedness</title>
      <link>http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/the_pros_and_cons_of_likemindedness</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Surrounding yourself with likeminded people is good for romantic relationships, but bad for business. ]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-04-17T17:24:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| Produce First, Sharpen Second: What Dylan&#8217;s Vomit Teaches Us About The Creative Process</title>
      <link>http://www.creativitypost.com/create/produce_first_sharpen_second_what_dylans_vomit_teaches_us_about_the_creativ</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Good ideas and work arise from one's ability to recognize good, mediocre or bad things. Some recent research gives us a strategy to accomplish this. ]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-04-10T15:50:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| The Illusion of Understanding Success</title>
      <link>http://www.creativitypost.com/philosophy/the_illusion_of_understanding_success</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our tendency to rely on narratives to explain the world distorts our understanding of what it takes to be successful. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-13T17:08:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| To Speed Up The Creative Process, Slow Down</title>
      <link>http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/to_speed_up_the_creative_process_slow_down</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[What's the key to creativity and problem solving? Relax. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-14T22:43:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| The Importance Of Intellectual Diversity</title>
      <link>http://www.creativitypost.com/create/the_importance_of_intellectual_diversity</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[When it comes to generating good ideas, solving problems and being creative, make sure you find an intellectually diverse group of people to collaborate with. ]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-02-02T14:31:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| The Self: A Convenient Fiction?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The unified self has been largely dispelled by Enlightenment thinkers and modern science, but it might be more than a mere illusion. ]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-01-31T18:08:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>| Does It Matter If a Painting is Fake?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Studies investigate why origins matter.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-24T06:14:01+00:00</dc:date>
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