Herbert C. Kelman, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics emeritus at Harvard and the director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (1993-2003), died March 1 in his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home. He was 94.
Psychologists Named to NIMH Advisory Council NIMH has appointed three new psychologists to the National Advisory Mental Health Council. Congratulations to Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University School of Public Health; Joel T. Nigg, PhD,Oregon Health &P Science...
It’s simple, it’s free, it’s addictive, it’s Wordle. But what makes the online daily puzzle so appealing? And what parts of the brain are being activated when players try to guess a five-letter word in six tries? The Gazette turned to Steven Pinker, a psycholinguist and Harvard’s Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, for answers.
Professor Banaji is a recipient of the Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences “for her groundbreaking contributions to understanding implicit social cognition.”
Congratulations Mahzarin Banaji for being listed among the top 50 Most Influential Psychologists today!
Professor Somerville is a recipient of the prestigious Troland Research Award “for her pioneering research on how brain and psychological development are intertwined during adolescence.”
Professor John Weisz on his receipt of the 2021 Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award, which recognizes educators who have inspired their former students to “create an organization which has demonstrably conferred a benefit on the community at large” or “establish on a lasting basis a concept, procedure, or movement of comparable benefit to the community at large.” John is receiving this award based on the creation of two initiatives by his students/trainees: ...
