Here is what I am reading today: train your brain “In an award address on May 28 at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in Washington, D.C., University of Michigan psychologist John Jonides presented new findings showing that practicing this kind of task for about 20 minutes Read more…
Kristin and Karen were the lead authors and presented at APS: “Reverse-Engineering Leadership: Deconstructing Perceptions of Personality in Generals, SMIs ( social media influencers) and CEOs.” The question Karen wanted to explore was SMI’s, Kristin wanted to look at Generals and I thought it might be fun to throw in Read more…
Here are some readings for today: common cause found for autism “For decades, autism researchers have faced a baffling riddle: how to unravel a disorder that leaves no known physical trace as it develops in the brain.” the positive effects of fish oil on mood! “Omega 3 fatty acids may Read more…
I always enjoy talking about the teaching of psychology, although I find that even after thirty years in front of the classroom, I continue to agree with William James’s comment: “Psychology is a science, teaching is an art.” A hundred years or so, William James edited a collections of his Read more…
Here is what i am reading today: population genetics and shared ancestries “In a paper titled “The History of African Gene Flow into Southern Europeans, Levantines and Jews,” published in PLoS Genetics, HMS Associate Professor of Genetics David Reich and his colleagues investigated the proportion of sub-Saharan African ancestry present Read more…