What is true about phenomenal consciousness, might be true about our understanding of the brain.

Two heads can be meaner than one.

for groups to do well, there has to be some basic knowledge within group members

Belmi, P., Neale, M. A., Reiff, D., & Ulfe, R. (2019). The social advantage of miscalibrated individuals: The relationship between social class and overconfidence and its implications for class-based inequality. Journal of personality and social psychology. by Zahra Arjmandi Why do rich people remain rich for generations and poor people struggle to change their fortune? […]

group discussions improved the accuracy of the forecasts

Why informational bubbles are a necessary part of our world

by Dardo Ferreiro and Guillaume Dezecache Predicting the future is very hard. On TV, newspapers and social media many claim to predict the results of political elections, football games, etc. but serious research has shown that over time, celebrity pundits and star analysts are no better than flipping a coin. To appreciate the difficulty of […]

In behavioural economics they call this phenomenon Choice-Induced Preference Change. When you make a choice between two things that you like, AFTERWARDS, you tend to like what you chose MORE and like what you rejected LESS.

First, a poster is NOT a paper. A poster is a visual presentation of the most important and interesting features of your work.  TIME. Expect people to spend ~3 min at your poster before deciding if they want to stay or leave. Aim to present the main message of your poster in 5min. If people […]

A couple of weeks ago, on 21 Aug, I paid a visit to Olafur Eliasson’s studio in East Berlin. They did an interview. It was a lot of fun. I hope we can work with the studio and do interesting projects in the future Studio Visits: Bahador Bahrami from Studio Olafur Eliasson on Vimeo.