Blink: the power of thinking without thinking Malcolm Gladwell When I saw the title‚ Blink: the power of thinking without thinking‚ I have decided in a blink of an eye that I have to read the book. And it was the best thing to do. The book opens with a very interesting case study: an unusual piece of art (korus) has been discovered and brought to a museum for selling. There‚ the museum’s group of art experts‚ after having studied and analyzed thoroughly the statue‚ elicits it is an
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exploring attentional boost effect (ABE) and its relationship with the perceptual degradation effect (PDE). ABE is a phenomenon where stimuli is remembered more effectively with an unrelated target during a detection task compared to distractors. PDE is the finding that recognition performance is better for perceptually degraded words. This experiment’s purpose is to explore the relationship between these effects. Specifically‚ the study will look into whether ABE may use the same attentional processes
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has become a practical and effective technique in its use to study cognitive function (Jahanshahi & Rotherwell‚ 2000). It has been used to explore the motor-cortex‚ through its visible muscle twitch effect after stimulation‚ and primary visual pathways (Jahanshahi & Rotherwell; Beckers & Zeki‚ 1995). Through this exploration it was found that TMS can be used to create ‘virtual lesions’ in the brain in which cortical processing is disrupted (Jahanshahi & Rotherwell)
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regularly‚ and exercising the eyes by periodically focusing on objects at varying distance‚ reduces eyestrain .As I mention before when working at a computer we blink less frequently. Blinking will keep your eyes moist and will prevent dryness and irritation. To prevent visual fatigue exercise your eyes by using the “3-B” approach: blink‚ breathe and break. Or‚ the 20/ 20/20 rule: Every 20 minutes‚ look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. (Anshel). Glare is the largest single factor in the work place.
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Jake Kranz English I Mrs. Davison April 21‚ 2014 The Possibilities of Redshirting Redshirting is a new idea for kindergarteners and not just college freshmen who want to be the best they can be. Outliers: Stories of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell discusses this topic and why it is a good choice. Redshirting kindergarteners is usually done my parents who have children born just before the cutoff and therefore are the youngest and smallest in their class. There is also a different level of maturity
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The Path to Success Growing up‚ people have different goals in their lives‚ and sometimes without knowing exactly what they are going to do‚ they simply want to be successful in the future. Success is a word that has different meanings for many people: some of them think success is the wealth‚ for some it is just making the world a better place. Success does not happen overnight as describes Malcolm Gladwell‚ the author of the book called‚ “Outliers: The Story of Success”. In most cases it takes
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Outliers An outlier is an individual who behaves in an unusual manner‚ “a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside normal experience.” This is the definition Malcolm Gladwell uses to describe a successful person. In this book‚ subtitled “The Story of Success‚” Gladwell attempts to explain why some people are more successful than others. He does this by identifying cultural and social factors that contribute to opportunities in individual’s lives. Through a series of case
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Let’s get this straight first. I actually applaud Malcolm Gladwell for writing his book Outliers. His theories throughout the book touched ideas that I wouldn’t even begin to think about or question. He gave support for his theories and spent a lot of time describing occurrences that seemed to prove them (as you can guess I’m a bit skeptical about some). I actually enjoyed reading once I got myself to actually focus and read. You see‚ it’s not the type of book that you don’t want to put down;
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Kowsar Mohamed Microeconomics 2200 December 6th‚ 2013 Outliers There were many important concepts Gladwell listed. His book focused on six main points: opportunity‚ timing‚ ten-thousand hours‚ meaningful work and legacy. The two main focuses of his concepts were Opportunity and Legacy. I believe he chose those two because when and where you are affect a situation but how you approach it is the battery charge for the situation. Gladwell describes how when opportunity presents itself you should
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Outliers Book Analysis “Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell Abstract: Gladwell‚ M. (2008). Outliers: The story of success. New York‚ NY: Little‚ Brown and Company. Outliers is a well written‚ fun‚ and easy to read book overall about success‚ and how particular factors can lend to one being successful. It details the success stories of many individuals such as The Beatles‚ Bill Gates‚ and Canadian Ice hockey players to name a few. The non-fiction book does an
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