Psychology
More Precious When You Build It Yourself: The IKEA Effect
The IKEA effect is the cognitive bias that leads people to value things they made or assembled themselves far more than they are actually worth. This article covers how the effect
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Design
The Whole Is Different from the Sum of Its Parts: The Gestalt Principles of Perception
The Gestalt principles describe how the eye groups scattered visual elements by cues such as proximity, similarity and continuity and reads them as a whole. This piece covers their
Statistics
Just Moving People Raised Both Averages: The Will Rogers Phenomenon
The Will Rogers phenomenon is when moving some members from one group to another raises the averages of both groups. This article covers where the name came from and how it works,
Education
The Power to Use What You Learned Somewhere New: Transfer of Learning
Transfer of learning is the way earlier knowledge or skills affect learning and problem solving in new situations. This piece covers the concept and its origins, the main types of
Psychology
Personal Space and Territory in Psychology: What Is the Psychology Behind Seating Positions?
Psychology uses the concepts of personal space and territory to study how we perceive and try to protect our physical and emotional space. Personal space and territory are importan
General knowledge
Joke or Sincere? Poe’s Law
Poe’s Law is the internet rule of thumb that, without a clear sign of the author’s intent, a parody of extreme views will inevitably be taken as sincere by someone. We look at wher
Psychology
Remembered by Its Peak and Its End: The Peak-End Rule
The peak-end rule is our tendency to judge a past experience mainly by its most intense moment and its final moment, rather than by its total or average. This article covers the cl
Economics
Analysis of Unemployment Rate Indicators and Strategies for Policy Use
The unemployment rate is an important indicator for assessing the overall health of an economy and plays a central role in reflecting labor market conditions. A rising unemployment
Statistics
Why Great Days Are Often Followed by Ordinary Ones: Regression Toward the Mean
After a standout exam or a praised flight, the next result often looks weaker—and after a flop, stronger. Much of that swing is regression toward the mean, not praise or blame. Thi
Tourism studies
A Journey into the Places on Screen: Film-Induced Tourism
Film-induced tourism is travel to the filming locations of movies and dramas, or to studios and theme parks based on screen works. This article covers why it happens, famous exampl
Food & nutrition
The Secret to Skin Elasticity and a Youthful Appearance: Foods and Lifestyle Habits That Replenish Collagen
Healthy, elastic skin is one of the standards of beauty that many people strive for. This is especially true today, when there is so much interest in looking younger. The protein c
Library & information science
KORMARC (Korean Machine-Readable Cataloging) Tag Reference
This time, I would like to write about MARC, which is used in libraries. MARC and cataloging cover such an extensive range of material that I plan to divide the discussion into sev