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Monkeys’ Ability to Reflect on their Thoughts May Have Implications for Infants, Autistic Children
New research from Columbia’s Primate Cognition Laboratory has demonstrated for the first time that monkeys could acquire meta-cognitive skills: the ability to reflect about their thoughts and to assess their performance. The study was a
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Mind-set matters: Why Thinking You Got a Workout may Actually Make You Healthier
As the commitment to our New Year’s resolutions wanes and the trips to the gym become more infrequent, new findings appearing in the February issue of Psychological Science may offer us one more chance to
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An Interview with Richard M. McFall
An Interview with Richard M. McFall May 18, 2004 Interviewed by Teresa A. Treat This video is a companion to, “Psychological Clinical Science: Papers in Honor of Richard M. McFall,” part of the book series
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In Appreciation: Paul E. Meehl
Paul Meehl, retired Regents Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, died February 14, 2003 at the age of 83. Meehl was a clinical psychologist internationally known for his work on the reliability of
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Psychology in a Post-Genomics
The draft DNA sequence of the human genome was announced in June 2000, two years ahead of schedule. Some party-poopers grumble that the four nucleotide letters that constitute the DNA alphabet are not GATC, but
