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The psychology of money

PsyBlog published a nice article about the psychology of money.

Obviously money is a great way to trade stuff and services. Imagine how difficult it’ll get if you’re trying to trade food by offering your experiences as a web designer or politician. But there’s more going on with money than just its practical use and the article lists some interesting psychological effects.

Children, for example, actually perceive money to be physically larger than other objects that are actually the same size.

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