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…
February 12, 2009 is the 200th birthday of Charles Robert Darwin, arguably one of the most influential scientists of modern times. 2009 also marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of the Species. We can expect lots of exciting special events and reflections from the scientific Read more…
Photo permissions can be a pain. I’ll find a terrific photo for one of my books, and the owner wants too much money or it’s not available and so on. So this afternoon, my intrepid photo researcher was frustrated about hitting another dead end in our efforts to find a Read more…
Two years ago, November 6th, 2006 to be exact, Karen and I visited our local Jenny Craig center. Karen had just completed her collegiate track and field eligibility, and after a very successful career (4 time All-American and school record holder at USC), she was ready to transition from her Read more…
My students are very aware that I have an unusually negative view of chemically altering the human nervous system (with, of course, the exception of my favorite drug of choice–caffeine). I think it’s just fair to let students know if you bring this type of bias into the classroom–sort of Read more…