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When more time must be spent foraging, animals are more likely to sacrifice time spent on aggressive behavior than time spent resting. Extremely efficient predators have more free time and thus often appear more lazy than relatively inept predators that have little free time. [ 23 ]
The metaphor of the cognitive miser assumes that the human mind is limited in time, knowledge, attention, and cognitive resources. [4] Usually people do not think rationally or cautiously, but use cognitive shortcuts to make inferences and form judgments.
Turns out, being lazy can be a good thing. Although it may feel counterintuitive to slow down and take a step back from your usual grind, science shows there are many physical, mental and ...
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a 2011 popular science book by psychologist Daniel Kahneman. The book's main thesis is a differentiation between two modes of thought : "System 1" is fast, instinctive and emotional ; "System 2" is slower, more deliberative , and more logical .
What can the sloth, the snail the bear and the lion teach us about relaxation and our health? Turns out, quite a bit.
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 13 (1): 56– 71. doi: 10.19173/irrodl.v13i1.1076. Brown, Resa Steindel (28 January 2007). The Call to Brilliance: A True Story to Inspire Parents and Educators. Fredric Pr. ISBN 978-0-9778369-0-1. Cameron, Brent (4 November 2005). SelfDesign: Nurturing Genius Through ...
Seligman invites pessimists to learn to be optimists by thinking about their reactions to adversity in a new way. The resulting optimism—one that grew from pessimism—is a learned optimism. The optimist's outlook on failure can thus be summarized as "What happened was an unlucky situation (not personal), and really just a setback (not ...
Dumbing down is the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual content in education, literature, cinema, news, video games, and culture.Originating in 1933, the term "dumbing down" was movie-business slang, used by screenplay writers, meaning: "[to] revise so as to appeal to those of little education or intelligence". [1]