Tag: Cognitive Science

Demonstrating Impact: How Cognitive Science Shapes Everyday Life

By Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Published: April 22, 2019

In their new video series entitled “Science in the District: Cognitive Psychology in the Real World,” the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences explores different ways in which cognitive science is at play in the world, particularly to keep individuals safe and healthy.

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A Pioneer of Cognitive Science: Whitman Richards, 1932-2016

By Social Science Space | Published: October 18, 2016

One of the first four graduates of MIT’s Department of Psychology and a pioneer for data-intensive studies of vision and cognition, Whitman Richards died on Sept. 16 at his home. He was 84.

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Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Rebecca Wheeler

By Social Science Space | Published: January 12, 2016

Social Science Space is presenting 10 shortlisted essays written by young social scientists in an ESRC competition looking at how social science might change the world in the next half century. This week we present Rebecca Wheeler's hopes that applied cognitive psychology can and should improve policing.

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Improving STEM and Attracting Students through Cognitive Science

By Jennifer Anderson | Published: November 10, 2015

There’s a lot of handwringing over the STEM gap in US education, and new paper in the ‘Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences’ finds that how STEM is taught underlies some of the challenges. But cognitive science may offer some help

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We Aren’t the World

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: March 13, 2013

Joe Henrich and his colleagues are shaking the foundations of psychology and economics—and hoping to change the way social scientists think about human behavior and culture.

Posted in Impact, International Debate, News, Research, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Cognition, Culture, Psychology, religion, Social Science, Sociology, study of religion | Leave a comment

Is Conservatism Our Default Ideology?

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: March 29, 2012

New research provides evidence that, when under time pressure or otherwise cognitively impaired, people are more likely to express conservative views.

Posted in News, Public Engagement, Research, Resources, Science & Social Science | Also tagged conservatism, ideology, Miller-McCune, Political psychology, Politics, Psychology, Social Psychology | Leave a comment

Tag: Cognitive Science

Demonstrating Impact: How Cognitive Science Shapes Everyday Life

A Pioneer of Cognitive Science: Whitman Richards, 1932-2016

Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Rebecca Wheeler

Improving STEM and Attracting Students through Cognitive Science

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