Psychology / Subject collection3 selected / 3 studies
Simulation + intelligence / Subject studies
Behavior has constraints.
Attention, relationships and attraction. Competing explanations require separate evidence.
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01 / LEAD STUDY
Attention strategies and the limits of thought control
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Mechanisms. Evidence. Limits.

02 / Visual analysis
Relationship science: three lenses, no universal formula
Attachment, investment and stress-adaptation models address different processes. Their evidence does not establish permanent partner types or reliable individual forecasts.
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03 / Position analysis
Attraction models: measurement, assumptions and prediction
An invented weighting exercise exposes a model’s assumptions. Research shows why traits, initial desire and relationship change are different prediction problems.
Read study 5 min