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Rising Stars
The future looks bright for the field of psychological science. The Observer presents the 2013 class of movers and shakers who are propelling science into new directions. This is the first of a multi-part series
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How Stress Gets Under the Skin: Q&A With Neuroscientist Bruce McEwen
TIME: A professor of neuroscience at Rockefeller University, Bruce McEwen investigates how stress affects the mind and brain. What are some common misconceptions about stress?I’ll start with several pet peeves: that all stress is bad
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Obama’s Brain
The New Yorker: According to an article on the front page of this morning’s New York Times, the Obama Administration is planning to seek three billion dollars from Congress to map the human brain’s activity.
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Why Love Literally Hurts
Most of us see the connection between social and physical pain as a figurative one. But research is providing compelling evidence that the two types of pain share a common source.
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Gernsbacher Will Discuss Diverse Brains at 25th APS Annual Convention
Humans differ in height, eye color, and their ability to perceive color. Most read with their eyes, but some read with their fingertips. A majority communicates through speaking and listening, but a minority communicates through
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Call for Submissions: Special Issue of Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics on “Structure of Visual Working Memory”
The journal Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, the official journal of the Psychonomic Society, is requesting submissions on the topic of the structure of visual working memory. Submissions are due by July 1, 2013 for publication
