Word: gilbert
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...team of Harvard researchers, led by Professor of Psychology Daniel T. Gilbert, conducted two experiments in which Harvard undergraduates were asked to predict their reaction to events given either information about the event itself or surrogate information about the experience of another undergraduate who had experienced the event...
...Gilbert said that the study revealed the surprising finding that an individual’s forecasting ability is improved when they are deprived of the information they really want—details of the event itself...
...It’s natural to want information about the event, but it’s not the best way to be accurate,” Gilbert said. “Our imagination is a very poor guide to how we’ll feel in the future...
...People don’t like using others’ experiences,” Gilbert said. “In our study, we forced them to use it. But what in real life, what kind of things might you use to make them want to learn the things that they know...
Elizabeth Gilbert The longtime journalist is the author of the best-selling memoir Eat, Pray, Love. Sister Mary Scullion has helped reduce the number of people living on the streets of Philadelphia by half. Over 95% of those who cycle through her Project H.O.M.E. program have never again become homeless, a success rate that has made the program a model for dozens of other U.S. cities...