A look within — MRI technology in action
It’s 2014, and although we don’t have flying cars or teleportation, we do have some truly amazing technologies. The video of a live birth posted below has been making the social media rounds in recent...
View ArticlePUP author Nicholas Humphrey wins international Mind and Brain Prize
Nicholas Humphrey, author of Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness has won the 2015 Mind and Brain Prize. The award was created by the University of Turin to acknowledge outstanding achievement in the...
View ArticleMadness in Civilization
Madness in Civilization is a stunningly illustrated new cultural history of mental disturbance from antiquity to the present time. Written by Andrew Scull, professor of sociology at University of...
View ArticleNew Brain & Cognitive Science Catalog
We invite you to scroll through the 2016 Brain & Cognitive Science catalog below. Don’t miss Phishing for Phools! Nobel Prize-winning economists George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller challenge...
View ArticleJoel Brockner: Why Bosses Can Be Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
It is unnerving when people in authority positions behave inconsistently, especially when it comes to matters of morality. We call such people “Jekyll and Hyde characters,” based on Robert Louis...
View ArticleAlexander Todorov on the science of first impressions
We make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second—and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions. For example, politicians who simply look more...
View ArticleChris Chambers: The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology
Psychological science has made extraordinary discoveries about the human mind, but can we trust everything its practitioners are telling us? In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that a...
View ArticleBrowse Our 2018 Brain & Behavior Catalog
Our new Brain & Behavior catalog includes an examination of the science behind first impressions, an analysis of the problems plaguing psychology today, and a unique look at the role social...
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