The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved.

You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general.

So your emotional state really has a lot to do with what you're thinking about and what you're paying attention to.

A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays.

you know you have made a theoretical advance when you can no longer reconstruct why you failed for so long to see the obvious.

The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.

A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise.