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Maria Konnikova

Maria Konnikova is the author of the New York Times best-seller Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. Her new book, The Confidence Game, will be published in 2015, and she is currently completing a novel.

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Does Thinking Fast Mean You’re Thinking Smarter?

The research into the relationship between quick thinking and methodical reasoning could take some time to decipher