Psychology
Why We Are Wired to Connect
Mind Matters • October 2013
When we experience social pain — a snub, a cruel word — the feeling is as real as physical pain. That finding is among those
Read more →Secrets of the Criminal Mind
Mind Matters • May 2013
What is science revealing about the nature of the criminal mind? Adrian Raine, a professor at the university of Pennsylvania, is an expert in the
Read more →Brain Games are Bogus
NewYorker.com • April 2013
A decade ago, a young Swedish researcher named Torkel Klingberg made a spectacular discovery. He gave a group of children computer games designed to boost
Read more →The Nocebo Effect: How We Worry Ourselves Sick
NewYorker.com • April 2013
Many of us hope to find Wi-Fi wherever we go, preferably for free. But some people devote their lives to avoiding Wi-Fi altogether. Sufferers of
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How to Stop Bullying
Mind Matters • February 2013
In January of 2010, a teenage girl named Phoebe Prince walked home from school, let herself into the family apartment and hung herself in a
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The Brilliance of the Dog Mind
Mind Matters • February 2013
Just about every dog owner is convinced their dog is a genius. For a long time, scientists did not take their pronouncements particularly seriously, but
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Autism Inc.
New York Times Magazine • November 2012
When Thorkil Sonne and his wife, Annette, learned that their 3-year-old son, Lars, had autism, they did what any parent who has faith in reason
Read more →Beehive management
Boston Globe • April 2012
FOR THOSE interested in doing a better job of managing people - supporting them, inspiring them to greatness - there is plenty of advice out
Read more →Getting it all Done
Boston Globe • April 2012
AMERICA HAS a time problem. About half of us tell pollsters that we don't have enough time to do what we want. Another survey found
Read more →In godless we don’t trust
Boston Globe • January 2012
THIS CAMPAIGN season, much has been made of Mitt Romney's faith and whether his Mormonism represents an insurmountable barrier in his quest for the presidency. But
Read more →The Power of Introverts
Mind Matters • January 2012
Do you enjoy having time to yourself, but always feel a little guilty about it? Then Susan Cain’s “Quiet : The Power of Introverts”
Read more →Control Yourself
Boston Globe • January 2012
OU'VE PROBABLY tried exercise. Maybe you've given Atkins a shot or done time on Weight Watchers. But, even if you've tried a thousand ways to
Read more →The Perfect Gift
Boston Globe • December 2011
THE HIGH season of gifts is now upon us, and it is time to face a few uncomfortable truths: You do not know what most
Read more →Neuroscience Challenges Ideas about Free Will
Mind Matters • November 2011
Do we have free will? It is an age-old question which has attracted the attention of philosophers, theologians, lawyers and political theorists. Now it is
Read more →The Truth about Autism
Boston Globe • November 2011
THERE IS, living among us, a group of people with remarkable intellectual gifts. They excel at spotting patterns despite huge distractions. They are able to discern
Read more →Modern psychology's God problem
Boston Globe • October 2011
THINK ABOUT something that is very important to you. Like the ability to walk, or your vision. Now carefully visualize an entire day without it.
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The Dark Side of Happiness
Boston Globe • October 2011
You can be happy starting today! Don't sit by any longer, while friends and co-workers enjoy the good life. Happiness is yours for the taking:
Read more →The Secret Language Code
Mind Matters • August 2011
Are there hidden messages in your emails? Yes, and in everything you write or say, according to James Pennebaker, chair of the department of psychology
Read more →Psychologists Put "Character" Under Microscope — and it Vanishes
Mind Matters • May 2011
What can science reveal about our “character” — that core of good, or evil, that shapes our moral behavior? The answer, according to a new
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