October 2009
Cover Story
Giving Darwin His Due
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin was published in 1872, a year after The Descent of Man. It is, without a doubt, a brilliant […]... More>
Observer Article
Federal Perspectives on Research and Human Subjects Protection
Menikoff Jerry Menikoff is Director of the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). OHRP leads the department’s efforts to ensure […]... More>
Observer Article
Universal Social Cognition
Susan Fiske delivers her William James Fellow Award Address. “Psychologists have an insatiable tendency to look for commonalities in the human condition” said Princeton University’s Susan T. Fiske in her […]... More>
Letter/Observer Forum
Authorship Battles: An Outsider’s View
Ubel She had worked long and hard analyzing the data, drafting and re-drafting the manuscript, all the while receiving insightful help from her adviser. She did 90 percent of the […]... More>
Presidential Column
Artificial Sweeteners: Outwitting the Wisdom of the Body?
Obesity, with its correlations to heart disease, diabetes and a multitude of other health problems, is one of our largest public health concerns. It also has a very large behavioral […]... More>




