In the 1970s, psychologist Harry Harlow conducted one of the most disturbing experiments in behavioral science — the infamous “Pit of Despair.” Designed to study the effects of isolation on love and ...

Focus of teaching and scholarship: I am a clinical psychologist whose research explores the intersection of personality and psychopathology. Most recently, I have been working to elucidate underlying ...

It’s straight out of a sci-fi movie. Except it’s Elon Musk’s latest Neuralink demo: touting whole-brain data streams that could let humans communicate “thousands, perhaps millions of times faster” and ...

ABSTRACT: Although the Ego (the I) is a non-local metaphor, people have no difficulty locating it in or near the body. A cohort of general population (n = 614) aged 5 to 68 localized the Ego in the ...

As capital rotates out of Bitcoin and into the broader crypto market, meme coins and utility tokens are once again at the center of retail speculation. This alt-season highlights a familiar divide in ...

Started in 2016, the company builds and surgically inserts brain-computer interfaces that let people control a computer or device just by thinking. Neuralink's company logo features a silhouette of ...

We live in an era where division feels like the default. Whether it’s politics, public health, education, or technology, people pick sides. Polarization is the new normal. From DEI, book bans, and ...

The curious minds at Aperture unpack the psychological roots of humanity’s deep and often irrational fear of death. Coast Guard report reveals who was to blame for Titan submersible implosion Texas ...

ABSTRACT: The efforts to impart the values and social norms of society to young people have been an important goal for every society and specifically for educational institutions. Especially in ...

Living in an intensely divisive and contentious time like this current sociopolitical moment makes certain perspectives on the world more needed now than ever. As a college professor for 30 years, I ...