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Could the right go green?
The Boston Globe: People tend to think of morality along one dimension: good versus bad. But recent scholarship by Jonathan Haidt and others has identified that there can be multiple moral values commanding our attention—namely
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New Research on Visual Perception and Attention From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research on visual perception and attention from Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. When What You Hear Influences When You See: Listening to an Auditory Rhythm Influences
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Throw Negative Thoughts Away in 2013
If negative, unwanted thoughts are coming between you and your 2013 New Year’s resolutions, try throwing the pessimistic thoughts away. Research published in Psychological Sciencesuggest that when people wrote down their thoughts on a piece
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Monkey See, Monkey Do: Visual Feedback Is Necessary for Imitating Facial Expressions
Research using new technology shows that our ability to imitate facial expressions depends on learning that occurs through visual feedback. Studies of the chameleon effect confirm what salespeople, tricksters, and Lotharios have long known: Imitating
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What Do Aliens, Climate Change And Princess Di Have In Common?
NPR: HIV does not cause AIDS. Smoking does not cause lung cancer. And burning fossil fuels does not contribute to global warming. What do these three statements have in common? They’re all rejections of well-established
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Why you need to gauge your human capital
Reuters: The end of the year is a good time to illuminate your personal financial situation in a different way. Instead of focusing exclusively on financial capital – how much money you have accumulated –
