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Peter Ayton

@thruthal.bsky.social

Professor of Decision Research, University of Leeds.

476 Followers  |  95 Following  |  6 Posts  |  Joined: 16.10.2024  |  1.5735

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Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane sells at auction for £11m Item donated by a director who was given it during a studio clearout becomes second most valuable piece of movie memorabilia

Other sleds are available - and at much lower prices. So why is this one so special?

A spectacular demonstration of the effects of magical contagion

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

17.07.2025 12:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘I’ve been hooked’: scourge of shady line calls baffles Raducanu and others In the world of elite tennis, not everyone believes their rivals can be trusted to make fair calls in umpire-free practice sessions

In practice matches elite tennis players don’t trust each other to make honest line calls…..

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

08.01.2025 18:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Daniel Kahneman remembered by Daniel J Levitin The neuroscientist celebrates the Nobel-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow – a psychologist whose elegance of thought helped reveal the foibles of human reasoning

www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

30.12.2024 17:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Shoppers can be made to feel sorry for single bananas, study finds Researchers say supermarket customers are more likely to buy a piece of fruit labelled as a ‘sad single’

The pitiful allure of the single banana

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

29.11.2024 14:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Private sector offers to the NHS must beat ‘one for the price of two’ deal | Brief letters Brief letters: Streeting’s scepticism | The force of female artists | Accordion jokes | Defining ‘scientific racism’ | Tesco’s solar energy drive

My latest - substantially plagiarized - publication sadly (but perhaps fittingly) rendered drab by editorial changes.

A “flourish-ectomy”- has reduced my stylish submission to the flat leaden inelegant embarrassment you see here) www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

22.10.2024 10:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Would you..?

16.10.2024 12:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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