The Poker Shrink
Poker Shrink Vol. 70: Interaction Effect
07-27-2009,
All fold to the small blind, who completes. The big blind raises, the small blind folds. Then two rounds...
Poker Shrink Vol. 69: Recency and Primacy Effects
07-21-2009,
Both the Recency Effect and the Primacy Effect have fairly simple explanations but some not-so-simple applications....
Poker Shrink Vol. 68: Opponent Process Theory
07-13-2009,
OK, this one can get a bit tricky but opponent process theory has some strong applications to poker...
Poker Shrink Vol. 67: The Hawthorne Effect
07-06-2009,
The Hawthorne Effect describes an actual mistake discovered by some researchers. The original study was attempting to discover...
Poker Shrink Vol. 66: Illusory Correlation
06-29-2009,
A leads to B, and B leads to C, so A leads to C. We all have some sense of what is logical...
Poker Shrink Vol. 65: Habituation
06-23-2009,
Human beings get used to things. New sights and sounds eventually become familiar. Even something that is initially very exciting can become routine. Habituation is this tendency we all have towards a decreased response to certain stimuli. A lot of...
Poker Shrink Vol. 64: Eustress
06-15-2009,
One of my favorite concepts in all of psychology is eustress. When we think of stress, we usually...
Poker Shrink Vol. 63: Confirmation Bias
06-08-2009,
Does this sound familiar? You have been working on your skills at reading players and you have improved...
Poker Shrink Vol. 62: Agreeableness
06-01-2009,
There is good advice and there is bad advice. There is warm and fuzzy advice: “Be kind, be happy."...
Poker Shrink Vol. 61: Conscientiousness
05-25-2009,
The personality trait that covers organization, discipline, deliberation, and carefulness is called conscientiousness. Often the simple comparison...
Poker Shrink Vol. 60: Neuroticism
05-18-2009,
The most studied personality trait in psychology is neuroticism. Put every simply, if an individual scores very high...
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