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Self-Driving Cars Face Psychological Speed Bumps
Industry and regulators seem ready to embrace autonomous cars, but consumers still need to be brought on board.
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CRFP Alumni in Their Own Words
Elizabeth Salmon is a postdoctoral Consortium Research Fellow working in the Personnel Assessment Research Unit (PARU) within the US Army Research Institute at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. PARU researchers focus on developing and evaluating assignment measures
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Hooked on your phone?
CBS: That phone in your pocket is like a slot machine. Every time you check it, you’re pulling the lever to see if you get a reward. At least that’s how former Google product manager
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You Still Need Your Brain
The New York Times: Most adults recall memorizing the names of rivers or the Pythagorean theorem in school and wondering, “When am I ever gonna use this stuff?” Kids today have a high-profile spokesman. Jonathan
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Beacons help Waze users navigate Pittsburgh’s tricky tunnel exits
Marketplace: Even before reliance on GPS, tunnel driving has been difficult for drivers. “As you go from light to dark, you have a momentary adjustment of the lighting in your eye, the responses of the
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You’re Too Busy. You Need a ‘Shultz Hour.’
The New York Times: The science of the mind is clear about this point. Our brains can be in either “task-positive” or “task-negative” mode, but not both at once. Our brain benefits from spending time
