My dissertation advisor was fond of repeating a quote attributed to Albert Einstein–“If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” One might assume that physics is harder to explain than psychology, but that is not always the case. In spite of over 30 years in Read more…
I’ve followed the development of the Kindle line with interest, but up until now, I have not been tempted to actually go out and buy one. I like books. Page-turners with pages to turn. But I have to say that the people behind Kindle DX are really listening to their Read more…
Daughter Karen, our resident expert in social media, has encouraged me to continue to explore the use of new technologies in the classroom. Given the time constraints I have, keeping up with this is usually a hit or miss thing. But once in awhile, I hit on something that is Read more…
Even though my love in psychology is all about the neurosciences, I confess to being a sucker for personality tests. I like taking them. So of course when I heard that Phil Zimbardo has a new measure, the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), I HAD to drop what I was Read more…
Today is the day–Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago, and there are lots of wonderful features out there in the scientific community to celebrate the occasion. Nature has a “Darwin 200” website packed with commemorative essays and other goodies. As the Nature folks say, “No single researcher has since Read more…