When I taught my first college class (I was 23 and a grad student at UCLA teaching at Pasadena City College), I would have LOVED to have what is now called an Instructor’s Manual to help prepare my courses. I’m not sure when such things became available. My first real experience Read more…
For those of us on quarter system, school seems pretty far away, even as August 1 approaches. For those of you on semesters, however, school is just around the corner. I was pleased to see that my Instructors’ Resources for Discovering Biological Psychology 2e were up and running on the Read more…
This morning, Mr. F and I traveled down the coast to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where our friend Skirmantas Janusonis kindly provided an opportunity to photograph six human brains he and colleague Scott Grafton were preparing to use for the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience. Skirmantas Janusonis and I Examine Six Read more…
It’s that time again–time for the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). This year’s convention is very conveniently located for us just a few hours north in San Francisco. Last year, we had some fun with a session on Psychology blogging. This year, I have a group Read more…
I’ve followed the development of the Kindle line with interest, but up until now, I have not been tempted to actually go out and buy one. I like books. Page-turners with pages to turn. But I have to say that the people behind Kindle DX are really listening to their Read more…