#psychology
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Mode Confusion and the Future of Robot Design : Lessons from Human Factors Engineering
Human factors engineering taught us to minimise the risk for mode confusion. That’s highly pertinent when designing interaction with social robots.
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The Cost of Optimism : Philippe Squarzoni, Climate Change and the Total Perspective Vortex
I recently read two novels about gay men in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. Their reluctance to take the test reminds me of my own feelings with regards to global warming.
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Distributed Cognition
When you forget the details of some complicated concept and have to consult an external resource, that’s distributed cognition.
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What Doing Looks Like : Why We Struggle with Productivity and How to Fix It
I’d like to be a bit like Mrs. Whiting myself. She knows where she wants to go and she can turn that crystal clear vision into manageable chunks of action.
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On Focus: The Power of Switching Between Attention and Diffusion
Our brains are built to toggle back and forth between sharp and fuzzy. Proper learning can only happen in the interplay between daydreaming and attention
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Ghost in the Machine : A Brief History of AI in Therapy
Machine based therapy would be the ultimate proof of generalised artificial intelligence. I’d like to think it’s not too much to expect.