04-13-2009
Interference has to do with recalling previously known information. There are events that can and do interfere with our ability to have an accurate recall. In poker, this is often a problem...
04-06-2009
I was playing poker the other evening and after losing yet another hand, the young player next to me mumbled: "Man, I just can't put that old guy onto a hand....
03-30-2009
The just-world phenomenon is the psychological tendency for people to believe that the world is just or fair and that people therefore get what they deserve. We all hold this belief to some extent, so when something good happens...
03-23-2009
Psychology is, at least in part, about teaching us how to effectively cope when life deals us setbacks. There are many ways to deal with life's little problems. One particularly effective way is perspective. Putting...
03-16-2009
Last week I wrote about rehearsal and suggested that rehearsing particularly difficult decisions at the table would make those decisions easier, with less chance of a player giving off any physical tells...
03-09-2009
Rehearsal is exactly what you think it is: practicing something, often repeatedly, before you need to perform the act. We most often think of actors rehearsing scenes or lines of dialog and this is a perfect example...
03-02-2009
One of the most common and most important aspects of psychological therapy is the concept of transference. In very basic language, there are times in our various relationships when we 'transfer' our own needs, desires...
02-23-2009
Sometimes it surprises me just how often our basic instincts overrule our really big brain. Early experiments showed that behavioral scientists could condition rats and pigeons to recreate certain behaviors on cue...
02-16-2009
Who doesn't marvel as Daniel Negreanu makes those unbelievable reads on television? I mean, who doesn't want to say, 'I am folding my quads to your royal flush,' and be right? But be careful, trying to be as good...
02-09-2009
Attribution theory describes the way in which people explain both their own behavior and that of others. According to this theory, people tend to see either internal or external causes as the determining factor...
