Results for Tag: Neuroscience

Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About the Brain

Rachel Smith

January 11, 2023

The brain is a strange, complex structure with one critical role: allostasis. We don’t fully understand them, but having one is a serious upgrade from the “stomach on a stick” phase.

You Do Not Have a Lizard Brain (But Your Brain Is Like a Lizard’s)

Rachel Smith

April 27, 2022

Snap at your partner for no reason? Feel like punching someone in the throat? “Lizard brain” is that ancient vestige inside all of us that doesn’t respond to facts or logic. There’s just one problem.

Predictors of Trust

Rachel Smith

February 09, 2022

We share the “big three” factors that contribute to trust–you can probably guess them–and one that will probably surprise you. Then genetics tries to crash the party.

A Matter of Trust

Rachel Smith

February 02, 2022

Even the professionals who study trust have a difficult time telling us what it is. Some measures of trust take place in milliseconds; others build over months.

Readability Matters (Yes, Even for You)

Rachel Smith

December 15, 2021

Stop using the excuse of your reader’s “sophistication”; what’s good enough for Ernest Hemingway’s writing is good enough for your writing, too.

Gifting: How to Get Put on Your Prospect’s Nice List

Andrés Peters

December 08, 2021

A “wow” is nice, but what you’re really looking for is, “I can’t wait to use this.”

The Hidden P of Psychology

Rachel Smith

June 09, 2021

No matter how wonderful the features are of the product you’re selling, don’t forget that you’re selling to a creature swayed by color, mood, and the size of the greeter at the front of a store.

The Resource of Attention

Rachel Smith

February 17, 2021

Stop blaming the goldfish! Capturing someone’s attention is within your grasp, even in the age of email.

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