Mind Games: Who is Doing the Playing?

[nitro]

Imo, a must read for aspiring traders that have interest in how we learn to be good at anything.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5055

 

[nitro]

I will point out that "Structuralism" is critical in modern mathematics [which is very abstract, its greatest champion being Alexander Grothedieck], and even art.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck

 

[nitro]

Someone PM'ed me this article. I think it is worth reading.

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/february7/dweck-020707.html

 

[BlueHorseshoe]

This article is more clearly written and to the point than the earlier links, IMO:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391794/index.htm

 

[paperboy]

"Experiments have shown that, by changes in electrical fields, the brain prepares actions before we become conscious of them. It takes from a half to a second and a half of cerebral activity (evoked response and Bereitschaftspotenzial and other fancy phenomena) to become conscious of what is going on “back there”."


Who is taking all the decisions? Our higher self some think.