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  • Zajonc argued that the firstborn is likely to have the highest IQ within a family because he or she benefits from a richer intellectual environment than subsequent children.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • In a seminal 1987 study, Robert Zajonc, a Polish psychologist, found that married couples began to look physically alike over time.

    The NHL's Telepathic Twins Reed Albergotti 2011

  • Zajonc theorized that mimicking expressions could cause subtle changes in facial muscles that would increase physical likeness.

    The NHL's Telepathic Twins Reed Albergotti 2011

  • Zajonc argued that the firstborn is likely to have the highest IQ within a family because he or she benefits from a richer intellectual environment than subsequent children.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • Zajonc voice fits well with the definitions of enlightenment current at the beginning of the Romantic period and conveniently codified by Dr. Johnson in

    Enlightenment East and West: An Introduction to Romanticism and Buddhism 2007

  • Zajonc occurs at the spacetime coordinates termed self and represents the continuum where "knowledge [is an] event" through which consciousness "reawakens" to

    Enlightenment East and West: An Introduction to Romanticism and Buddhism 2007

  • For more mathematically inclined readers, The Quantum Challenge, Second Edition: Modern Research on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics by George Greenstein and Arthur G. Zajonc Jones and Bartlett, 2005 gives an excellent overview of many of the experiments that have demonstrated the strange features of quantum mechanics.

    How to Teach Physics to Your Dog CHAD ORZEL 2009

  • If either the personal choice perspective espoused by Dr. Phil—which stresses future consequences—or the automatic choice perspective espoused by Zajonc and Bargh—which stresses the impact of the present environment—were right all of the time, there would not be a problem.

    The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008

  • Zajonc also asked, “Which image do you like more?”

    The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008

  • A Stanford colleague and mentor, Robert Zajonc, has shown that people can feel and act without thinking of future consequences.

    The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008

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