Scientists gather to remember the cognitive neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin and reflect on the influence she had on their careers and on the empirical understanding of human memory. … More
Watching people’s hands as they choose between long-term and short-term options offers a new approach to studying self-control… More
Three experiments provide inconsistent evidence for the effect of money primes on various measures of self-sufficient thinking and behavior… More
From typing to exercising, racking up meaningless digital points can serve as an effective motivator, as long as the scores are accelerating… More
People with autism spectrum conditions are often less sensitive to contextual information in perceptual tasks, but this may lead to more consistent choices in high-level decision-making tasks… More
Choosing to take photos may focus our attention, helping us remember the visual details of our experiences but impairing memory for the auditory details… More
