The American Psychological Association’s (APA) annual meeting was held in San Diego this year and the experience was fantastic! It was fun to meet and greet fellow faculty, attend interesting sessions and catch up with old friends. Yes, and I even had a chance to talk about my 2nd edition of Discovering Biological Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: fused people eager to die and kill for their group “In a study to appear in Psychological Science, Bill Swann, professor of psychology, and a team of researchers found the majority of “fused” people, those who view themselves as completely immersed in a Read more…
trusting people make better lie detectors! “Trusting others may not make you necessarily a fool or a Pollyanna, according to a study in the current Social Psychological and Personality Science (published by SAGE). Instead it can be a sign that you’re smart.” video quality less important if you are enjoying Read more…
Here are some of my readings for today: looks can deceive “That there should be a match between perception and reality is not surprising, because evolution ruthlessly eliminates the unfit. If you routinely misperceive or even hallucinate and act on those misapprehensions, you won’t survive long in a world filled Read more…
Here’s what I am reading today: mice regain movement after spinal chord injury “The removed enzyme PTEN, a phosphatase and tensin homolog, helps to dictate activity in the mTOR pathway, which plays a role in cell growth. During maturation, PTEN is activated, halting cell regeneration, but after removing it from Read more…