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Nervous Laughter, Tears of Joy
In Stanley Milgram’s famous obedience experiments, the subjects, called “teachers,” were instructed to shock the “learners” for every wrong answer. The learners, confederates in the study, were not actually shocked, of course, but the teachers
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The Enforcers of the Death Penalty
The Atlantic: It was the late 70s, and Kathleen Dennehy was working at Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord, the oldest running men’s prison in the state. Opened in 1878, it has a vault filled with
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Children can learn to control their powerful sweets cravings: study
CTV News: For children, the lure of cookies and fast food is distinctly more powerful than for adolescents and adults, although children’s cognitive wiring is well suited to train such cravings, according to researchers hailing
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In Praise Of Play
The Huffington Post: Robin Williams once said, “The world is open for play.” But how often, in the midst of the daily grind, does it really feel that way? When we measure our lives in
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The Science Behind Our Urge To Procrastinate
The Huffington Post: Cranking out a final paper hours before the deadline. Putting off that trip to the supermarket until the refrigerator shelves are completely barren. Watching one, two, even three more episodes of “Orange Is The
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Changing Neurobiology With Behavior
When people think about the relationship between the brain and human behavior, they generally tend to think in one direction. The brain drives behavior: end of story. However, the relationship is more complex, as conveyed
