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Why Do Former High-School Athletes Make More Money?
The Atlantic: This project was a slam dunk, that one was a home run, and it’s just the way the ball bounces—the last thing the business world needs to catalogue its accomplishments is another facile
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Off the Beaten Path
The road well traveled by psychological scientists has traditionally been academia, particularly for individuals interested in research and education. However, developments in our field, coupled with limited tenure-track opportunities, have led psychology graduates to stray
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Ten Tips for Developing a Programmatic Line of Research
“My research is about…” Many graduate students finish this sentence with a long, awkward pause and a deep sigh, followed by the admission that they have done a number of unrelated studies in order to
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Stepping Into the Mix
I was introduced to interdisciplinary research during my very first lab meeting in graduate school in 1991. Judith Rodin, my first advisor, was leading a MacArthur Foundation network on Health-Promoting and Health-Damaging Behaviors, including the
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High School Athletes Gain Lifetime Benefits
The New York Times: Ask a group of healthy college students in their 20s if they know what they had for lunch three days ago and you’re not likely to see many hands go up.
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Spouse personality may affect career success
The Chicago Tribune: The personalities of husbands and wives may affect their spouses’ success at work, suggests a new study. Husbands and wives who were conscientious and helped create satisfying home lives for their spouses were
