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Researchers uncover surprising limit on human imagination
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
Elizabeth Spelke studies French testing data, finds no gender gap until instruction begins
Psychologist Mahzarin R. Banaji wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
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
Grant Jones incorporated love of meditation and listening to R&B, hip-hop into dissertation on mindfulness interventions
On cellular complexity and the future of biological intelligence: Q&A with Sam Gershman
What is the logic underlying human and animal intelligence? This is the motivating question behind the research of Samuel J. Gershman, a Kempner Institute associate faculty member and professor in the Department of Psychology. Gershman’s lab studies a...
Steven Pinker - The Psychology of Virtual Reality
Professor Steven Pinker on the on the psychology underlying the experience—and limitations—of VR
