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Like Humans, Chimpanzees Know What They Know
Metacognition — the ability to think about thinking — is a cognitive skill that we use every day in recognizing what we know, and what we don’t know. Though metacognition was once thought to be
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Nicholas Turk-Browne
Princeton University www.princeton.edu/ntblab What does your research focus on? The research in my lab seeks to understand key components of cognition, such as perception and memory. These components are often studied in isolation, with a
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NAS Receives Gift From Atkinson for Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences has received a gift of $3.5 million from APS Fellow Richard C. Atkinson to establish the NAS Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. Beginning in 2014, a $200,000 prize will
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Kristen Lindquist
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill www.unc.edu/~kal29 What does your research focus on? My research focuses on understanding the nature of human emotion. I’m broadly interested in understanding what emotions are, how they are
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Mindfulness Helps Us Understand Our True Personalities, Study Says
The Huffington Post: It’s easy to have blind spots when examining our own selves and personalities. After all, it’s incredibly difficult to judge ourselves in an objective manner. But a new study suggests the best
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Andy Baron
University of British Columbia http://childdevelopment.psych.ubc.ca What does your research focus on? My research focuses on the development of intergroup cognition from infancy through adolescence. In particular, I examine the development of intergroup attitudes and stereotypes
