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Numbers Are Persuasive—If Used in Moderation
The facts of climate change are widely reported. NASA notes, for example, that with a two-degree-Celsius increase in global temperatures, as compared with a 1.5-degree-C increase, about 61 million more people living in urban areas around
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Memory Loss Isn’t the Only Sign of Dementia
… In a study published last year, researchers found that people with dementia experienced slight drops in extroversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness before they showed any signs of cognitive impairment. Those personality changes accelerated as more dementia symptoms
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From “Hot” and “Cold” Cognition to New Directions in Cognitive Science
In her first column, APS President Randi Martin makes the case for collaborative research that cuts across research areas.
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Here’s What Could Be a Sign of Future Cognitive Decline
Feeling as if you’re wandering aimlessly through life or like you’ve done all there is to do may carry harms more serious than unfulfilling days — it could be hurting your brain. People who developed mild cognitive
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The “Fight or Flight” Idea Misses the Beauty of what the Brain Really Does
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University. She is the author of several books, including How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. When a person views a photograph of a
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Newcombe Awarded Rumelhart Prize in Cognitive Science
APS William James Fellow Nora S. Newcombe, a distinguished researcher at Temple University and Editor of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, is the recipient of the 25th David E. Rumelhart Prize in Cognitive Science from the Cognitive Science Society.
