"The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong"
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Sources:
Cognitive reflection test
http://cbdr.cmu.edu/seminar/Frederick.pdf
Cognitive reflection test and cognitive biases
http://www.keithstanovich.com/Site/Research_on_Reasoning_files/MC_2011.pdf
Font in cognitive reflection test
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~aalter/intuitive.pdf
Fonts in school
https://web.princeton.edu/sites/opplab/papers/Diemand-Yauman_Oppenheimer_2010.pdf
Fonts and cognitive strain
http://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/seminars/2010/papers/oppenheimer.pdf
System 1 thinking is quick, intuitive, and effortless.
System 2 thinking is slow and requires effort.
Using a harder to read font increases cognitive strain.
1:38 PM Apr 04 2016