All of the students experienced a strong sensation of sweetness while sucking on lemons, and many asked for a second piece! Then the party became even more interesting when a couple of students decided to see how their Oreos would taste.
My friends in the Facebook group “Teaching Resources for Biological Psychology and Neuroscience” have shared so many exciting resources, but my favorite was the Play-Doh neuron project. Because I’ve been teaching remotely for three (!!!) years now, I never had a chance to do this. Yes, I could have asked Read more…
I’m very excited to announce that my fifth edition is officially in print (and available electronically). In fact, I received a notification that my author’s copies from Cengage will be arriving via UPS tomorrow. There’s nothing quite like holding your book for the first time! I hope you like the Read more…
Mark Twain famously popularized the saying “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Statistics can be very persuasive, for good or evil purposes, but graphs representing statistics can be even more so. I’m not implying that people deliberately produce terrible graphs, although some do seem to be pushing an agenda or two. Read more…
I was delighted to receive my author copies of the fourth edition of Discovering Psychology: The Science of Mind yesterday. As some of you know, we lost my dear friend and co-author John Cacioppo three years ago. I asked Steph Cacioppo to step in and help me with the fourth Read more…