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Joseph T. Hallinan is an American journalist and author, known for his work on human behavior and cognitive psychology.
Known for: Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
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Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
This book explores the psychology behind human error, examining why people consistently make mistakes in everyday life. Drawing on research from cognitive science and behavioral psychology, Hallinan explains how perception, memory, and overconfidence lead to errors, and offers insights into how we can better understand and mitigate them.
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Perception and Attention
We see, but we do not always notice. That’s one of the paradoxes of human perception. In countless experiments, psychologists have shown that attention is far narrower than we believe. Consider the famous 'invisible gorilla' experiment: viewers concentrating on counting basketball passes fail to not...
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Memory and Forgetting
Memory feels permanent, but it’s one of the most slippery functions we possess. We imagine it as a filing cabinet or hard drive, storing facts intact. In reality, it’s more like a storytelling engine: every time you recall something, you recreate it. And whenever we recreate, we alter. Forgetting is...
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About Joseph T. Hallinan
Joseph T. Hallinan is an American journalist and author, known for his work on human behavior and cognitive psychology. He won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting and has written extensively on how people think and make decisions.
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