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Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow

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The Responses of System One Are Probably Universal and Unique

If your friend looks sad or tired, there will be something that's equivalent to search. If you had heard that his wife is ill, that will come to mind as an explanation of why you're struck by the fact that he looks sad and tired. When I say your mother, a lot happens, including an emotional response,. Something also happened to your face probably, that is associated with that emotion which came to your mind. It would be sad or happy, angry or loving but what happens is not a single thought. A lot is happening, including emotional manifestation, facial manifestations and so on. That seems to be universal, it seems to be cross-culturally universal, according to some

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