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McClelland Receives Heineken Prize
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) presented the $200,000 C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Sciences to James L. (“Jay”) McClelland on October 2, 2014, in Amsterdam. McClelland is Lucie Stern Professor
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Memories of Pain During Childbirth Tied to Intensity Rather than Length of Labor
Childbirth is physically intense and, for many women, it is the most painful experience they will have. And yet, new research shows that the amount of time a woman spends in labor doesn’t seem to
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Humans use dominant hand as a constant perceptual ‘ruler’
Zee News: London: People tend to perceive their dominant hand as staying relatively the same size even when it is magnified, supporting the idea that we use our hand as a constant perceptual “ruler” to
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Give Yourself a Present for the Future
Pacific Standard Don’t feel like you have the time to keep a diary or bury a time capsule? You might be missing out, according to psychologists at Harvard Business School: The joy of rediscovering something even
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Talking While Driving Safest With Someone Who Can See What You See
Talking on a cell phone is a known driving distraction, but new research suggests that talking to someone who can see what you see may actually contribute to driving safety. Results from a driving simulator study
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The Source of Bad Writing
The Wall Street Journal: Why is so much writing so bad? Why is it so hard to understand a government form, or an academic article or the instructions for setting up a wireless home network?