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Workzone: I know what he said, but what did he mean?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Civil society demands a certain amount of diplomacy — even if those rude co-workers in the comic strip “Dilbert” are pretty funny. But planes have crashed and patients have misunderstood diagnoses as a
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Prejudice Is A Basic Human Need
Science 2.0: Prejudice is just bigotry that arises from flawed ideology, right? Not so, say the authors of a new paper. They contend prejudice stems from a deeper psychological need and it is associated with
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Die Sicherheit des Status quo
Wiener Zeitung: “Gott soll einen behüten vor allem, was noch ein Glück war”, zitiert Friedrich Torberg seine Tante Jolesch. Mit seinen Büchern über die Tante Jolesch er nicht nur seiner Jugend und dem jüdischen Leben
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Earlier Autism Diagnosis Could Mean Earlier Interventions
WKAR Public Radio: Autism is usually diagnosed in children between the ages of two and three or later, but new research shows that it’s possible to find symptoms in much younger children and to diagnose
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Pregnancy May Change Mom’s Brain For Good
LiveScience: Time in the womb is obviously important for the development of the fetal brain. But pregnancy is also a time for changes in Mom’s brain — changes that may prepare women to become better
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Researchers Say Drugs Can Boost Cognition, But Only So Much
Cognition-enhancing drugs, once restricted to the world of science fiction, are now widely available and commonly used. The prevailing assumption is that, in terms of cognitive ability, more is better. But a study in the
