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APS Award Address
The work Earl Hunt described in his James McKeen Cattell Award Address at the 2011 APS Convention focused on some tough questions about intelligence research — questions like “Who cares about trigonometry?” The answer, of
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Beating Dyslexia Through Music
Musical skills may translate into reading skills — particularly for children with dyslexia. Research published by Martina Huss, Usha Goswami, and colleagues in Cortex indicates that musical games may be useful in treating dyslexia in
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Focusing on negatives helps catalyse change
The Times of India: If you want people to change, you have to get them to notice what is wrong with existing norms. That’s the idea on which a new study, ‘Why people pay attention
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William K. Estes Timeline
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Remembering William K. Estes
Our friend, mentor, and colleague, Bill Estes, died quietly at the age of 92. His health had declined steadily in the last three months since his wife of almost 70 years, Kay, died in May.
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APS Fellow Selected to Deliver Prestigious Lectures
APS Fellow Bruce Hood has been selected to present the 2011 Royal Institution of Great Britain Christmas Lectures. Hood will deliver a series of lectures called “Meet Your Brain” in which he will explain how
