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Why Don’t More People Want to Donate Their Organs?
The Atlantic: In 1998, Adam Vasser, a 13-year-old teenager who loved playing baseball, was vacationing in Montana with his family when he suddenly came down with what felt like the flu. When he had trouble
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Focusing on the Past or Future Shapes Spatial Perception of Time
We often think about the future as being in front of us and the past as being at our back – as we walk, places we pass are behind us, and places we have yet
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Park Speaks on Cultural Neuroscience at NIH Seminar Series
Research in the emerging field of cultural neuroscience aims to illuminate how cultural values shape the neurobiology of behavior and neurological processes. APS Fellow Denise C. Park spoke about her research in this arena at
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Can’t Place That Smell? You Must Be American
The New York Times: FLORENCE, Italy — WE think of our senses as hard-wired gateways to the world. Many years ago the social psychologist Daryl J. Bem described the knowledge we gain from our senses as “zero-order
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Why Someone Named Monty Iceman Sold Doogie Howser’s Estate
Pacific Standard: Nestled in the tony hills of Sherman Oaks, California, the capacious two-story home has almost everything. Outfitted with “glistening hardwood floors and beautiful moldings throughout,” the house features six bedrooms, a kitchen with a sailboat-sized island and
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Viewer Beware: Watching Reality TV Can Impact Real-Life Behavior
NPR: In the pilot episode of Jersey Shore, we’re introduced in the first minute to the “new family”: Snooki, JWoww, Vinny and the rest of the gang. A few minutes later, Snooki has already questioned JWoww’s sexual
