Comments on: The Situation of Reason http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/the-situation-of-reason-2/ Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: » Episode 27 – About People Not Knowing Themselves On The Fence http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/the-situation-of-reason-2/#comment-31057 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:10:51 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=6333#comment-31057 [...] Nylon stocking experiment [...]

]]> By: Susan Weinschenk http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/the-situation-of-reason-2/#comment-14559 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:30:23 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=6333#comment-14559 There’s a newer, “online” version of a positional/serial order effect in research by Felfernig (citation below). In that study tents that appeared first on a web page were picked more often than tents in other positions. I write about this in my latest book.

Citation: Felfernig, A., g. Friedrich, B. Gula, M. Hitz, T. Kruggel, G. Leitner, R. Melcher, D. Riepan, S. Strauss, E. Teppan, and O. Vitouch. 2007. Persuasive recommendation: Serial position effects in knowledge-based recommender systems. In Persuasive Technology, Second International Conference on Persuasive Technology. New York: Springer.

Timothy Wilson’s book Strangers to Ourselves is a great read.

]]> By: MIND|BODY|WORLD: Outrageous Sensations! What Can We Learn from LSD? Part II « The STRUCTURE of ENTROPY http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/the-situation-of-reason-2/#comment-14547 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:38:29 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=6333#comment-14547 [...] Timothy Wilson observes in his book Strangers to Ourselves: the brain can absorb about 11 million pieces of information a second, of which it can process about 40 consciously. [...]

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