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A Psychologist Goes To The Zoo: An Interview with Terry L. Maple
Scientific American: I first became aware of Dr. Terry L. Maple when I read his article in the latest issue of The Observer, the magazine of the Association for Psychological Science. Maple is former president
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Today Show Discusses Autism
Today Show: A new government report is highlighting a shocking surge in the number of childhood autism cases in the United States. According to the CDC, 1 in 88 children are now coping with autism
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Fragrant Flashbacks
Memory and smell are intertwined; it’s through memory that we learn to remember smells, and disorders that take away memory also take away the ability to distinguish scents. Some of this learning starts even before
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Everything Is Cultural
Here’s a puzzler for you — what does the acronym IUPsyS stand for? No points for getting the “Psy” part (and here’s a hint: IU is not Indiana University). Give up? IUPsyS is the International
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Publish or Perish? Grade Yourself and Persist
Upon receiving an article relevant to my research, one ego-fueled reaction I have is to flip immediately to the references. Did they cite me? I gave up having friends and a social life for this
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Creating Student Interest
Psychology instructors often encounter their students years later, and the bravest among us may ask them what they remember from our courses. We hope they will remember the facts that we heavily emphasized and stressed
