«Many studies show the integrative function of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in relatively simple cognitive tasks, and we believe that this relatively basic process forms the foundation for far more complex forms of behavior and decision - making, such as norm enforcement,» said lead author Joshua Buckholtz, now an assistant
professor of psychology at Harvard.
He was previously the director of The Cancer Support Center and a clinical
assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Department of Psychiatry at the College of Medicine.
«We know from our sleep loss studies that when you're sleep deprived, it negatively affects weight and metabolism in part due to late - night eating, but now these early findings, which control for sleep, give a more comprehensive picture of the benefits of eating earlier in the day,» said Namni Goel, PhD, a research associate
professor of psychology in Psychiatry in the division of Sleep and Chronobiology, and lead author of the ongoing study.
Dr. Tronick is a University
Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Director of the Child Development Unit at Children's Hospital, a Lecturer in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and an Associate Professor at both the Graduate School of Education and the School of Public Health at Harvard.
«You have to help your child discriminate what's okay at home and what's okay out in the world,» says Louis R. Franzini,
emeritus professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of Kids Who Laugh: How to Develop Your Child's Sense of Humor.
To get a sense of mindfulness meditation, you can try one of the guided recordings by Dr. Ronald Siegel, an assistant
clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School.
«This finding provides a tentative explanation for why people with ASD might have difficulty with everyday social interactions, if their learning of implicit social cues has been altered,» said Just, the D.O. Hebb
University Professor of Psychology in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Milton Rokeach received a Ph.D. from Berkley in 1947 and served
as Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University for many years.
In this session, Neil Humphrey,
Professor of the Psychology of Education at the University of Manchester, took us through what we can measure (and what we should measure) in assessing the impact of projects aiming to develop young people's essential skills.
USA About Blog Dan is the James B.
Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke UniversityBlending humor and behavioral economics, Dan and Jeff delve into the truly illogical world of personal finance to help people better understand why they make bad financial decisions.
Notre Dame Associate
Professor of Psychology James Brockmole, who specializes in human cognition and how the visual world guides behavior, conducted the research at Notre Dame with Adam Biggs, currently a post-doctoral fellow in the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Jessica Witt, associate professor of cognitive psychology at Colorado State University.
«So far,» says Heidemarie Laurent, lead author and assistant
professor of psychology with the University of Oregon, «sNGF appears to represent a unique facet of the way a person responds to acute stress, with individual differences in sNGF related to both short - term and more lasting measures of psychological health.
Anderson and Gibson and their colleagues did this by deconstructing the idea of an emotion into basic building blocks — so - called emotion primitives, a concept previously developed by Anderson and Ralph Adolphs,
Bren Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and professor of biology.
«If we came face to face with life outside of Earth, we would actually be pretty upbeat about it,» said Arizona State University Assistant
Professor of Psychology Michael Varnum.
Although other differences can be accommodated and tolerated, a difference in values is particularly problematic if the goal is long - lasting love,» says associate
professor of psychology Kelly Campbell, Ph.D..
In a new study, University of
Illinois professor of psychology Renée Baillargeon, right, and graduate student Peipei Setoh showed that infants expect objects they identify as animals to have insides.
Surprisingly these same people are just as affected as everyone else on other tasks that require different cognitive abilities, such as maintaining focus,» said Paul Whitney, a
WSU professor of psychology and lead author of the study, which appeared in the journal Scientific Reports.
Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman is the director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center and Zellerbach
Family Professor of Psychology in the Penn Department of Psychology.
«That gives us some hope that medicine might be able to slow aging and give people more healthy active years,» said senior author Terrie Moffitt, the Nannerl O.
Keohane professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke.
«Our previous studies were some of the first to examine shifts in eating disorder risk across the menstrual cycle,» said Klump, MSU Foundation
Endowed Professor of Psychology.
If you're a young person who can't seem to get enough sleep, you're not alone: A new study led by San Diego State University
Professor of Psychology Jean Twenge finds that adolescents today are sleeping fewer hours per night than older generations.
Further, these infants are at risk for serious disability or death the earlier they are born, said Susan Carlson, A.J. Rice Professor of Nutrition at the University of Kansas Medical Center, who co-directed the U.S. study with John Colombo,
KU professor of psychology and director of the Life Span Institute.
«Most expenses from social problems are concentrated in a small segment of the population,» said Avshalom Caspi, Edward M.
Arnett professor of psychology & neuroscience and psychiatry & behavioral sciences at Duke.
University of Illinois
professor of psychology Renée Baillargeon, who led the new study with graduate student Peipei Setoh, said that many psychologists have theorized that babies are born with core physical and psychological frameworks that help them navigate the world.
Muting the Mozart Effect Harvard Gazette, 12/11/13 «Though it has been embraced by everyone from advocates for arts education to parents hoping to encourage their kids to stick with piano lessons, a pair of studies conducted by Samuel Mehr, a Harvard Graduate School of Education doctoral student working in the lab of Elizabeth Spelke, the Marshall L.
Berkman Professor of Psychology, found that music training had no effect on the cognitive abilities of young children.»
Oct. 17, 2016 — New Associate
Professor of Psychology Suzana Herculano - Houzel produced the first accurate count of the number of neurons in the human brain — 86 billion, making it simply an enlarged primate brain.
He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, has a Veterinary referral «house - calls practice in Atlanta, Georgia, and is
presently Professor of Psychology at Mercer University.
Carolyn Pape Cowan Ph.D., adjunct
professor of psychology emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, co-directors of the Schoolchildren and their Families Project and co-authors of When Partners Becomes Parents: The Big Life Change for Couples.
Case in point: in the Independent story, «A Princeton Psychology Professor Has Posted His CV of Failures Online,» Johannes Haushofer, a
Princeton professor of psychology and public affairs, posted his cover letter that included a laundry list of his failures.
Further, the release of oxytocin results in changes in insular cortex excitability and likely accounts for the social affective behaviors, according to the team, led by Boston College Gianinno Family Sesquicentennial Assistant
Professor of Psychology John P. Christianson.
Binghamton University
Professor of Psychology Meredith Coles and former graduate student Jacob Nota assessed the timing and duration of sleep in individuals with moderate to high levels of repetitive negative thoughts (e.g., worry and rumination).
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