Even though my love in psychology is all about the neurosciences, I confess to being a sucker for personality tests. I like taking them. So of course when I heard that Phil Zimbardo has a new measure, the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), I HAD to drop what I was Read more…
Brian Wansink’s research into why people overeat isn’t just good science, it’s funny. So Mr. F and I weren’t surprised to find ourselves laughing a great deal during his lecture tonight at Cal Poly. Running into several of my students after the lecture, I found that we weren’t the only Read more…
Publishers do a wonderful job of obtaining reviews for our work. I don’t know how I would manage without these underpaid (in my view) but hard-working people. Still, nothing beats meeting people face-to-face to discuss their reactions to your books. Just about one year ago (wow, time flies), I met Read more…
Spring break for those of us on quarter system is short–very, very short. So I am happy to report that the process of gearing up for my first term using i<clickers has not been nearly as scary as I expected it to be. I am especially relieved, given that I’m Read more…