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Laurie Santos: Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness
On “The Interview,” Laurie Santos, a cognitive scientist and a professor at Yale, says that Americans think about happiness in unique ways, and they have for a long time.
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Are You Dreaming of a ‘Mall World’? You’re Not Alone
… Dylan Selterman, a scientist who works as an associate teaching professor at the Johns Hopkins University department of psychological and brain sciences, and studies dreams, said there was no scientific research that backed any
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How Our Brains Grasp Faces
Podcast: In this episode, cognitive scientists Rebecca Saxe of MIT and Heather Kosakowski join host Scott Sleek to discuss their groundbreaking findings about the development of the brain’s face-processing network.
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Teresa Bajo Receives Prestigious Award From Psychonomic Society
APS Board Member Teresa Bajo has been honored with the Psychonomic Society’s Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award, which recognizes individuals for their significant contributions to the field of cognitive psychology.
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People Likely Aren’t as Susceptible to False Memories as Researchers Thought
How much can we trust our memories? We know that our mind keeps an imperfect record of the past. We can forget or misremember details with frustrating consequences. Our attention can be diverted in ways
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Technology Use May Be Associated with a Lower Risk for Dementia, Study Finds
With the first generation of people exposed widely to technology now approaching old age, how has its use affected their risk of cognitive decline? … None of the 136 studies the authors reviewed overall reported an
