News with Logic
Eleanor Maccoby, the first woman to serve as chair of the Stanford Department of Psychology, was recognized for her scholarly contributions to gender studies and child and family psychology.
By Kate Chesley
Eleanor Maccoby, the Barbara Kimball
Simply learning of a genetic risk can alter a person’s physiology, a recent study found, causing people to perform less well on exercise tests or altering hormones that indicate fullness after a meal.
By Amy Adams
Millions of people in the United
If you want to win a race or stick to a difficult diet, coaches of all kinds will tell you it’s all about “mind over matter.” But that advice rarely crosses over into the medical community, where an inborn ability—or risk—is thought
Michael Frank discusses how children learn language and shares tips on creating optimal environments to develop speech skills.
All animals can communicate but humans uniquely acquire language and speech skills, says Michael Frank, associate professor
Drawing on an extensive body of research, Stanford psychologist Gregory Walton lays out a roadmap to positively influence the way people think about themselves and the world around them. These changes could improve society, too.
By Melissa De Witte
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