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The Sense of Style
Let’s face it: Most academics are terrible communicators. Why do the world’s most cerebral people find it so hard to convey their ideas? And how can we learn to do better? I suggest that the
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Firearm Shooting Errors Could Be Reduced Through Cognitive Training
Shooting a firearm requires coordinating many actions that depend upon core cognitive abilities, including the critical ability to stop just before pulling the trigger. People who have difficulty inhibiting responses are more likely to shoot
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What Are the Best and Worst Ways to Prepare for an Exam?
Scientific American: Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do, responds: So glad you asked! Scientists have a lot
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Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out
Slate: Academically overbearing parents are doing great harm. So says Bill Deresiewicz in his groundbreaking 2014 manifesto Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. “[For students] haunted
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People Remember What You Say When You Paint a Picture
Harvard Business Review: When leaders communicate a vision of their organization’s future, they tend to emphasize ideals and ideology — the importance of “success,” “stewardship,” or “sustainability.” Leaders are likely to emphasize this type of
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What ‘Learning How to Think’ Really Means
The Chronicle of Higher Education: It has always been taken as self-evident that higher education is good for students and society at large, and that American colleges and universities are doing an excellent job of
