Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
You Might Be Feeling Tired on Lockdown. Here’s Why.
A lot of people have been posting on social media saying they have been feeling tired earlier than usual while on lockdown. […]
Frances Perkins Was Ready!
COVID-19 is a threat to the health and safety of us all, but as the congressional debate of the federal stimulus package revealed, it may also present an opportunity to rethink how to best protect workers, the economy, and indeed all the members of our society.
Susan Fiske Connects Policy and Research in Print
Psychologist Susan Fiske was the founding editor of the journal Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. In trying to reach a lay audience with research findings that matter, she counsels stepping a bit outside your academic comfort zone.
Archived Webinar: Marijuana on the Mind – A Primer for Policymakers
‘Policy has clearly outpaced science’ in the United States on the issue of legalizing marijuana for either medical or recreational use, say two researchers from Harvard University and McLean Hospital
Seeking a Better Way to Evaluate Teachers
Teacher observations are both costly and time intensive, but perhaps it’s time to invest in better teacher evaluation to get better student results. So argues Robert Pianta, who has personally helped develop some measures that might achieve such high hopes, in a an article in the journal PIBBS..
Redefining What It Means To Be An Adult
When does a modern young person become an ‘adult’? Age 13? 16? 18? 21? Legal definitions aside, young people in the developed world are feeling they’ve become independent operators much later in life than ever before.
A Key to Improving Math Skills: Reducing Anxiety
Remember when Barbie made the stereotypical ‘Math is hard!’ comment? That sentiment is real, and unchecked it can be contagious. Luckily, however, math anxiety can be cured.
Hands-free Technology is Not Enough to Prevent Distracted Driving
Putting down your phone is merely the first step in banishing distractions while you drive, according to research in the journal ‘Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.’ In fact, asking Siri to do something at a remove is pretty darned dangerous, too.
