As a textbook author, I try not to get too defensive when I read about how horrible textbook publishers are and how they rip off the student. As I’ve mentioned many times in this blog, many people do not understand the reasons behind the prices of today’s textbooks. One more Read more…
At the urging of my daughter Karen, a grad student in Public Relations, I have been experimenting a bit with using social media, namely Facebook and Twitter, as a way of interacting with students. I was also encouraged by a study by Joseph Mazer and his colleagues that suggested that Read more…
I am always amazed at the creativity of researchers and the questions they ask. Emily Holmes and her Oxford colleagues [1] followed a very interesting line of reasoning in their investigation of the use of Tetris in preventing PTSD flashbacks: The brain has limited capacity for processing information within a Read more…
Last year, I was honored to be a finalist in the 2007 Weblog Awards in the Individual Blogger category. I didn’t win, but it was a lot of fun to be included. This year’s voting is now open. I’ve yet to check out all the contestants (this is a great Read more…
I was pleased to see that this month’s APA Monitor featured an article by Rebecca Clay on psychology bloggers, including yours truly. The article also featured several members of our symposium on psych blogging at last May’s APS conference in Chicago: Greta and Dave Munger, who publish Cognitive Daily, and Read more…