by Andrew | Sep 16, 2026 | Mind & Behaviour
In March 2020, something happened that would normally be almost impossible to arrange as an experiment. Casinos closed. Betting shops locked their doors. Slot halls went dark. Horse racing was disrupted. Football leagues stopped playing. Sporting calendars that had...
by Andrew | Sep 16, 2026 | Mind & Behaviour
Five heads in a row. Surely the next flip has to be tails. It feels reasonable. Balanced, even. As if probability has noticed the uneven score and is about to tidy up. That feeling has a name: the gambler’s fallacy. It is the mistaken belief that a sequence of...
by Andrew | Sep 16, 2026 | Mind & Behaviour
You missed. The result is a loss. And yet a small voice says: “That was close.” In many parts of life, close is useful information. A tennis ball landing just outside the line might tell you something about your next shot. A nearly correct answer can reveal a gap in...
