Posts Tagged ‘Psychological Science’

Does Going Green Make You Less Virtuous?

“Virtuous acts can license subsequent asocial and unethical behaviors,” writes Nina Mazar and Chen-Bo Zhong of the University of Toronto in a paper scheduled for publication in the coming months in Psychological Science.

Nancy Kanwisher on the Situation of our Brain

For Observer , publisehd by the Association for Psychological Science , Ann Conkle wrote a nice summary of Nancy Kanwisher ’s fascinating keynote address at this years APS Annual Convention in San Francisco. Here are some excerpts of Conkle’s article, titled “ Sharpening the Focus on Brain Function .” * * * Is your brain like a Swiss Army knife? . . . Is it jam-packed with specialized tools that are unfolded only when a specific situation arises? Or is it more all-purpose, with a few


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