07-27-2009
All fold to the small blind, who completes. The big blind raises, the small blind folds. Then two rounds...
07-21-2009
Both the Recency Effect and the Primacy Effect have fairly simple explanations but some not-so-simple applications....
07-13-2009
OK, this one can get a bit tricky but opponent process theory has some strong applications to poker...
07-06-2009
The Hawthorne Effect describes an actual mistake discovered by some researchers. The original study was attempting to discover...
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...
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...
06-15-2009
One of my favorite concepts in all of psychology is eustress. When we think of stress, we usually...
06-08-2009
Does this sound familiar? You have been working on your skills at reading players and you have improved...
06-01-2009
There is good advice and there is bad advice. There is warm and fuzzy advice: “Be kind, be happy."...
05-25-2009
The personality trait that covers organization, discipline, deliberation, and carefulness is called conscientiousness. Often the simple comparison...
05-18-2009
The most studied personality trait in psychology is neuroticism. Put every simply, if an individual scores very high...
