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The Andrew Carnegie Foundation Recognizes Mahzarin Banaji, Gregory Nagy as “Great Immigrants, Great Americans”

July 07, 2026

For more than 20 years, the Andrew Carnegie Foundation has marked Independence Day by recognizing a group of naturalized U.S. citizens whose contributions have strengthened the nation. The 2026 class includes faculty members Mahzarin R. Banaji and Gregory...

Joshua D. Greene picked for civil discourse professorship

January 14, 2026

Joshua D. Greene ’97, a faculty member in the Department of Psychology and Center for Brain Science, has been named the inaugural Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor of Civil Discourse. Gazette article

Cracking the code of why, when some choose to ‘self-handicap’

December 04, 2025

New research offers hints for devising ways to stop students from creating obstacles to success. Read her full article on The Harvard Gazette .

Building Collaborations that Harness the Strength of the Human Mind | Dissertation in One Minute

November 28, 2025

Harnessing the Strength of the Human Mind through Collaboration PhD student Yang Xiang’s research shows that teamwork hinges on understanding what others think and recognizing what they can do. View her work here on Y ou T ube .

New way to map the unique brain organization of individuals

October 16, 2025

A study published last month in Neuron, led by postdoctoral researcher Jingnan Du , introduces a promising new method for mapping a person’s unique brain wiring. The need for individualized brain maps arise in surgical planning and for a growing array of...

What science says about Mom’s happiness advice

September 29, 2025

Daniel Gilbert’s mother gave him some advice many years ago on finding happiness. Last week the social psychologist broke down what the science says about his mother’s three-pronged formula — marriage, money, and children — during the Division of...

Why is your head not exploding? Steven Pinker can explain.

September 24, 2025

Common knowledge is something everyone knows that everyone knows. He saw it. She saw it. He knows that she saw it, and vice versa, ad infinitum. According to Steven Pinker , Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, humans are constantly occupied with...

John Weisz Receives 2026 APS Mentor Award

September 12, 2025

The APS Mentor Award recognizes psychology researchers and educators who have shaped the future directions of science by fostering the careers of students and colleagues.

Researchers uncover surprising limit on human imagination

August 11, 2025

Associate Professor of Psychology Tomer D. Ullman's research explores how many objects the human brain can imagine at once.

Mounting case against notion that boys are born better at math

July 03, 2025

Elizabeth Spelke studies French testing data, finds no gender gap until instruction begins

Psychologist Mahzarin R. Banaji wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

June 20, 2025

Mahzarin R. Banaji, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the Department of Psychology, accepted a prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Bilbao, Spain, this week.

Healing Through Music

May 28, 2025

Grant Jones incorporated love of meditation and listening to R&B, hip-hop into dissertation on mindfulness interventions