Fifteen years ago, psychologists Barbara Rogoff and Maricela Correa-Chavez ran a simple experiment. They wanted to see how well kids pay attention — even if they don’t have to. They would bring two kids, between the ages 5 to 11, into a room and have them sit at two tables. More
APS Past Secretary and William James Fellow Anne Treisman, who developed a classic psychological model of human visual attention, has died. More
A sample of new research exploring: judgment, uncertainty, and optimism; processing of object-scene relations; and orienting biases in visual attention. More
A sample of new research exploring educational achievement, personality, and genetics; how multidimensional objects are stored in memory; and categories and constraints in causal perception. More
Drivers were tested on their ability to spot an unanticipated motorcycle. If this were a test in school, they would have failed. More
New York Magazine: Recently I transferred a stash of photos from my iPad to my computer. As the hundred-some photos flashed by on the screen, I found myself reliving the full panoply of emotions from memories long forgotten. Such is the power of photographs — which is why my friends More
