The word “genius” makes Kristina Olson squirm. When the MacArthur Foundation rang last year to tell her she’d won one of its coveted fellowships — colloquially called genius grants — the University of Washington psychologist figured it
The real power to change people’s hearts and minds may lie in the television programs, books, and other media we consume on a daily basis.
Through meta-analytic work, APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Janet Shibley Hyde is toppling long-held assumptions about differences between men and women’s capabilities, attitudes, and emotions.