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Piecing Together Performance
Of all the familiar characters who reemerge at the start of every school year, from jock to geek to teacher’s pet, perhaps the most intriguing is the overachiever. We all know one when we see
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Boosting Brain Power Through a Mind-Body Connection
Researchers explore various methods for boosting both neural and cognitive function, highlighting the benefits of mindfulness meditation, cognitive training, and physical exercise.
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Would Judge Give Psychopath With Genetic Defect Lighter Sentence?
NPR: In 1991, a man named Stephen Mobley robbed a Domino’s pizza in Hall County, Ga., and shot the restaurant manager dead. Crimes like this happen all the time, but this particular case became a
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The Biological Response to Beauty and Ugliness in Art [Excerpt]
Scientific American: Our attraction to faces, and particularly to eyes, appears to be innately determined. Infants as well as adults prefer to look at eyes rather than other features of a person’s face, and both
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Remembering Edward E. Smith
On behalf of the APS Board, we have the sad duty to report that recent Board member and APS William James Fellow Edward E. Smith died on August 17, 2012, at the age of 72.
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Solving For X, Among the Neurons
Huffington Post: I have a fence that needs scraping and painting, and I’m pretty sure I can do the whole job in six hours. My friend Jack, who is an experienced painter, wants me to
