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It’s the 21st Century – What Did You Expect?
Does the term “intelligent agent” bring to mind an image of a government operative carrying out less-than-wholesome activities in foreign lands? Do you think a “wearable computer” is a device that has been engineered to
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From the Mouths of Babes: The Validity of Children’s Testimony
Sometimes, a child is victim and/or the only eyewitness in a court case. How much validity do we ascribe to statements by a four-year-old child? How can we tell if the child was coached to
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Offspring Studies in Alcohol Research Offer New Insight Into Comorbidity
Is the comorbidity of alcoholism and psychopathology strictly genetic in nature, or do environmental risk factors come into play as well? These issues were the focus of an invited address delivered by Andrew Heath, of
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Wanting and Liking for the Addict
Traditional views of what motivates addictive behavior, such as hedonistic pleasure seeking and avoidance of aversive withdrawal symptoms, have been repeatedly demonstrated as insufficient and illogical. New directions in addiction research continue to challenge traditional
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Slowing the Process of Forgetting
Everyone has experienced the derailment of a train of thought or struggled with that tidbit of information on the tip of your tongue. Forgetting is a problem for many people and a nuisance to most
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Older, But Wiser
Workforce projections forecast that within the next seven years 50 percent of the US workforce will be 45 or older. Organizational decision makers, faced with adapting to aging workers, are exploring the question of “how
