I first became aware of Brian Wansink’s work on “mindless eating” during a presentation by my students in Sensation/Perception. The students reviewed one of Brian’s studies that showed how people are likely to eat more popcorn if it’s served in one of those enormous buckets you see at the movies. Read more…
One of the best parts about being a professor is having the opportunity to help students achieve their goals. This year, I was approached by two students who wanted to start a new club on campus to raise awareness of Huntington’s disease and other genetic disorders, and they asked me Read more…
Okay, I’ve completed my training with the friendly people at iClicker, and I’m ready to start using this fun technology starting next quarter. I’m jumping in with both feet–using iClickers for both my introductory psychology and biological psychology classes. There is method to my madness–not only have I been impressed Read more…
One of the things I like to do, but rarely have time to do, is to look at my most popular posts. This is a good way of making sure that the content of the blog doesn’t focus just on what I find personally interesting, but that we also address Read more…
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…