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Falsifying memories
The Guardian: As a Ph.D. student, the young Elizabeth Loftus wasn’t captivated by calculus: “I used to sit in the back of the seminars, kind of bored, writing letters to my Uncle Joe, or hemming
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science: Dorthe Berntsen and David C. Rubin The prevalent view of posttraumatic stress disorder suggests that people have trouble voluntarily recalling autobiographical memories of traumatic events but
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Intelligence Means Having More Than Just Raw Brainpower
Business Insider: These situational factors exert their influence in so many ways, but today, inspired by a recent research finding, I want to focus on one in particular: how a mastery of situation can actually
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Summer fun can build kids’ brains
The Washington Post: Summertime is fun time, when kids can make and sell lemonade, read for fun, catch and release fireflies at twilight, and daydream. These last few weeks of the best time of the
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Inside the Psychologist’s Studio: Brenda Milner
Brenda Milner, a pioneer of memory and language science, sat down with Carol A. Tavris at the 24th APS Annual Convention in the “Inside the Psychologist’s Studio” session. This extraordinary 93-year old was described by
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Remembering to Remember Supported by Two Distinct Brain Processes
You plan on shopping for groceries later and you tell yourself that you have to remember to take the grocery bags with you when you leave the house. Lo and behold, you reach the check-out
