A few years ago, I wrote a little article on “How to build your own Psychology library.” Times have indeed changed and I thought I should update my story with a blog on this changing subject. I hope this answers some of the questions I have been asked over the years. Read more…
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone’s nose grew when they lied to you? Long ago, we told one of our daughters — while she was very young — that her nose would turn ‘purple’ if she wasn’t telling us the complete truth. One day, we asked a simple exploratory question and Read more…
A recent study from my alma mater (UCLA) by grad student David Frederick reported some interesting data on the way women judge men on the basis of muscularity. As usual, the popular press got it a bit wrong. For example, a Reuters headline proclaimed, “women drawn to men with muscles.” A more careful Read more…
Cheryl Olson and her colleagues at the Center for Mental Health and Media at Massachusetts General Hospital recently completed a study of the videogame habits of middle school youth. What is most interesting to me is that the results of the study have been described as “surprising.” One suspects that Read more…
I always wanted to be one of those people who lost weight when stressed. Unfortunately, I could pretty much track my stress levels as a function of how my weight fluctuates: more stress = more me. Like many Americans, Roger and I found that we had added more than a Read more…