[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)October 10, 2022
Why We Gossip
When we think of gossip we tend to think of its most negative manifestations. It brings to mind workplace backstabbing…
[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)April 9, 2022
The Allure of Charisma
Recently, streaming services have been releasing series after series focused on charismatic leaders/grifters and the damage they cause. WeCrashed (on…
[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)January 29, 2022
Repetition and Truth: Understanding Illusory Truth Effect
We have touched on many cognitive biases in Optimistic Learner; Implicit Bias, Confirmation Bias, Optimism Bias, and Ingroup Bias. These…
[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)May 18, 2020
Impostor Phenomenon and the Pressure of Productivity During a Pandemic
You may be familiar with the definition of Impostor Phenomenon (or Impostor Syndrome). This is a pattern where one questions…
[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)February 9, 2020
The Mother of Invention: Studying the Roots of Creativity
Located in the valley of the Pinturas River tucked in an isolated spot of the Argentine Patagonia is Las Cueva…
[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)October 6, 2019
Raising Digital Natives: Keeping Kids Curious, Creative and Caring
Having written a few articles regarding the effects of technology on our attention span and emotional wellbeing it seemed worthwhile…
[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)September 16, 2019
Why Social Media is Not TV
There has always been criticism and concern related to new technology and its effects on society. Conrad Gessner warned of…
[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)August 11, 2019
The Online Disinhibition Effect: Cyberbullying, Public Shaming and Social Norms
Before exploring the makeup and meaning of Online Disinhibition Effect it is necessary to understand it in the context of…
[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)July 7, 2019
Staring Out the Window: The Benefits of Boredom
The United States tends towards using the unhealthy success metric of “busyness”. This is not surprising given its emphasis on…
[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)June 9, 2019
Behavioral Addiction: This is Your Brain Online
In his book “Memoirs of an Addicted Brain” author and neuroscientist Marc Lewis1 looks back at his life as an…