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CSBBCS Honors Two APS Members
The Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) will honor APS Fellow Daphne Maurer and Evan Risko at its 25th Annual Meeting at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Daphne Maurer is the
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To Treat Depression, a New Approach Tries Training the Brain
The Wall Street Journal: Should depression be treated more like a stroke? That’s the view of a growing number of researchers developing new psychological treatments that aim to directly target the particular brain dysfunctions and
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In A Digital Chapter, Paper Notebooks Are As Relevant As Ever
NPR: I confess. I’m a notebook nut. I own dozens and dozens of them. Everything from cheap reporter’s notebooks to hand-crafted Italian leather beauties. I wondered: Am I an analog dinosaur, or are there others
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2015 Golden Goose Award: THE MARSHMALLOW TEST
The Golden Goose Award: Dr. Walter Mischel was once told he would be better off asking a candy company to fund research on his “marshmallow test,” rather than the National Institutes of Health (NIH). But
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Storing Information In Other People’s Heads
NPR: To function effectively in the world, you need to acquire a whole lot of information. You need to know exactly which medicine is appropriate for each ailment. You need to know how to fix
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Folk Explanations of Behavior: A Specialized Use of a Domain-General Mechanism Robert P. Spunt and Ralph Adolphs Do people use similar or different cognitive processes when making
