The Mouse Trap

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Useful Fictions: Why Beliefs Matter
Believing in false things sometimes makes sense. Free will appears to be such a construct.
The Link Between Gratitude and Trust
A new study sheds light on how gratitude leads to increased trust via positive emotions.
Promoting Flow
Self-regulatory focus of promotion and prevention lead to different associated emotions like joy-sadness and anxiety-contentment. An effort is made to link the same with the concept of flow as espoused by Mihaly.
Creativity and Intelligence Leading to Psychosis and Autism
Creativity and intelligence, though related, are opposites on a continuum. The same type of dichotomy exists between psychosis and autism and the underlying processes are surmised to be similar.

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