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Using Technology to Scale the Scientific Mountain
S. Alexandra Burt likes to compare science to a hike up a mountain. The physical exercise might be refreshing, and the wind in your face might be invigorating. But the journey as a whole is
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Long-Term Temporal Tracking of Speech Rate Affects Spoken-Word Recognition Melissa M. Baese-Berk, Christopher C. Heffner, Laura C. Dilley, Mark A. Pitt, Tuuli H. Morrill, and J. Devin
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Relevant? Nurturing? Well, So’s Your Old Man
The New York Times: When our young daughters first decided to play on top of our Honda minivan, parked in our driveway, my wife was worried. But to me, it seemed no less safe than
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Local culture is in your genes
The Boston Globe: Previous research has shown that European-Americans have a more independent social orientation than people from East Asia. However, researchers at the University of Michigan have now qualified this relationship: Cultural differences are
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Don’t Do It Again: Directed Forgetting of Habits Gesine Dreisbach and Karl-Heinz T. Bäuml Can directed forgetting be used to eliminate habits? Participants completed a directed-forgetting
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Delay That’s in Our DNA
The Wall Street Journal: If your first impulse is to put off reading this column, your parents may be the reason. But read it anyway, because impulsiveness and procrastination so often go hand in hand.
