#paychology — Public Fediverse posts

[P] It's always so disappointing to watch a game's trailer, only for it to show combat near the end. It's like they tuck it into the back out of shame. I mean, if you were proud of it? You'd front-load your trailer with it! If it brings you so much shame to add such a generic, samey quotient to your game—why even add it at all? Your game would be so much more unique for its absence. I know. I watch a lot of trailers, hoping I'll find one game I might play.

#paychology #gamedev #gamedesign

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[P] I'm not a fan of how hiverarchy chats at the best of times, the nothingspeak of smalltalk is like two early generation LLMs "conversing" and it's just noise pollution. The amount of "What do you think that means?" my brain has to handle on a daily basis is overwhelming. It's such an erosion of communication. An example that broke me was a gamer using "bloated" to describe anything they diskiked. And I can see the hiverarchy in how that happened.

#paychology #science #humans #annoying

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@knowprose @heysannidhi It’s basic dominator #paychology

By doing this to us, the dominator sends a message to us that we are powerless to resist.

Cruelty is the point.

🐴 Horses much more intelligent than previously thought, study suggests

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-horses-intelligent-previously-thought.html

#animals #horses #paychology

🐔 Male UK university students are ‘less macho’ when sharing flats with women

https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/18/male-uk-university-students-are-less-macho-when-sharing-flats-with-women

#gender #students #behavior #paychology #macho

Re-sourcing the Mind

(… I’d argue though that articulating yourself to the chat bot can be pretty valuable)

https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/re-sourcing-the-mind

#llm #ai #chatbots #paychology #philosophy #mind #creativity

📣 “Rhyme as reason”: A cognitive quirk that makes bad advice sound wise

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/rhyme-as-reason/

#paychology #culture #rap

😅 Research suggests darker side of being politically confident

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-darker-side-politically-confident.html

#politics #politicalscience #paychology #polarization

How the brain responds to reward is linked to socioeconomic background

#brain #neuroscience #research #biology #paychology #inequality

https://news.mit.edu/2024/how-brain-responds-reward-socioeconomic-background-0122

[S] The more I see, the more I'm convinced that all are born into one of three camps: evil influencer (psychopath), obedient conformist (neurotypical), strange outsider (neurodiverse). And only that latter camp has the capacity and willingness to show equal kindness! It's sad, but it's the truth. In all our years we've never seen uninhibited kindness from obedient conformists, certainly never psychopaths! Only the strange can share their hearts freely.

#paychology #autism #actuallyautistic

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My newest publication translating psychology and assessment to teachers and parents. https://www.apa.org/ed/schools/teaching-learning/top-twenty/disabilities #paychology #K12 #SPED #a11y #disability #learningscience #Motivation #ClassroomManagement

My newest publication translating psychology and assessment to teachers and parents. https://www.apa.org/ed/schools/teaching-learning/top-twenty/disabilities #paychology #K12 #SPED #a11y #disability #learningscience #Motivation #ClassroomManagement