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Date Time Share UNE Center for Global Humanities presents ‘Not Born Yesterday: Why Humans Are Less Gullible Than We Think’ It is widely believed that people are gullible and, therefore, easily manipulated by demagogues, advertisers, and politicians. But, in fact, we are equipped with complex psychological mechanisms that allow us to effectively evaluate information and routinely reject false or harmful ideas. So will argue scholar Hugo Mercier in an online lecture presented by the University of New England Center for Global Humanities when he presents “Not Born Yesterday: Why Humans Are Less Gullible Than We Think” on Monday, March 29 at 6 p.m. ....
The link between mental imagery and emotions may be closer than we thought. It turns out seeing really is believing when it comes to scary stories. Photo: Unsplash. People with aphantasia – that is, the inability to visualise mental images – are harder to spook with scary stories, a new UNSW Sydney study shows. The study, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, tested how aphantasic people reacted to reading distressing scenarios, like being chased by a shark, falling off a cliff, or being in a plane that’s about to crash. The researchers were able to physically measure each participant’s fear response by monitoring changing skin conductivity levels – in other words, how much the story made a person sweat. This type of test is commonly used in psychology research to measure the body’s physical expression of emotion. ....
Kinesiology and community health professor David Strauser and his colleagues found that younger and older adults with cancer differ in their experiences. ....