Behavior & Society
#NewProf Asks: How do I better engage my undergrads?
#NewProf ponders undergraduate student engagement in large lecture hall courses
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Is Depression Contagious?
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New "Artificial Synapse" Gets Closer to Mimicking Brain Connections
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What Is Anxiety Sensitivity, and Do I Have It?
Shaking and numbness and sweat, oh my! What do we call it when what we fear is fear itself? None other than the little-known, but hugely important concept of anxiety sensitivity. This week, Savvy Psychologist Ellen Hendriksen explains what it is and offers three tips to take it down
How Morality Changes in a Foreign Language
Fascinating ethical shifts come with thinking in a different language
How to Raise a Genius: Lessons from a 45-Year Study of Supersmart Children
A long-running investigation of exceptional children reveals what it takes to produce the scientists who will lead the 21st century
Evidence Rebuts Chomsky's Theory of Language Learning
Much of Noam Chomsky’s revolution in linguistics—including its account of the way we learn languages—is being overturned
Donald Trump's Real Ambition
Trump is driven by one thing and one thing only: the search for glory
Beyond Resveratrol: The Anti-Aging NAD Fad
Whenever I see my 10-year-old daughter brimming over with so much energy that she jumps up in the middle of supper to run around the table, I think to myself, “those young mitochondria.” Mitochondria are our cells’ energy dynamos.
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Scientists Map Nearly 200 Areas in the Human Brain
A newly updated map of the human brain may be the most accurate yet, helping solve over 100 years of arguments. This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on July 20, 2016. It is a Nature Video production.
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What Makes Spiders Scary
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