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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
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Know Thyself: How Mindfulness Can Improve Self-Knowledge
Mindfulness — paying attention to one’s current experience in a non-judgmental way — might help us to learn more about our own personalities, according to a new article published in the March 2013 issue of Perspectives
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International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM)
The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) will be held11-14 July 2013 in Ottawa, Canada at Carleton Universitat. Papers due: 5 April 2013 The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) is the premier conference for
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Summoning the Past: Why This and Not That?
My memory baffles me. There is no rhyme or reason to what I recall and what I forget, whether it’s today’s to-do list or recollections of childhood. Important information vanishes, yet I have a random
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What a Mess: Chaos and Creativity
One of the most influential ideas about crime prevention to come out in recent years is something called the “broken windows theory.” According to this theory, small acts of deviance—littering, graffiti, broken windows—will, if ignored
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Dans la vie active et en période de crise, évitons les “pseudo-amis” (In life and in times of crisis, avoid the “pseudo-friends”)
Le Monde: L’émergence des réseaux sociaux virtuels, tels Facebook, LinkedIn, Viadeo ou Twitter, a tendance à imposer l’idée que le nombre de ses amis, contacts, “followers”, est un gage de qualité personnelle. Un “sans amis”
