Armwrestling & Cognitive Psychology

"Cognitive psychology is the study of internal mental processes—all of the workings inside your brain, including perception, thinking, memory, attention, language, problem-solving, and learning." -Kendra Cherry, MSEd

I once broke my wrist while armwrestling an Asian guy in a bar… Good way to begin a story, right?! Well, the armwrestling story is quite ridiculous and hilarious. Still, a conversation I recently had about the incident proved more jarring and thought-provoking than the very first time I’d ever broken a bone.

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