Beautiful Minds

Musings on the many paths to greatness.

The Magic of (Pre)School

There was something so magical about preschool. I remember the joys, wonder, and excitement of exploring the new world I just entered. But what are the long-term effects of preschool? While prior research has shown a "fade-out effect", where early testing gains fade by junior and high school, recent research looking at adults suggests there may in fact be long-lasting effects of preschool. We just may have been measuring the wrong things. Read More

Research Goals

"To move things forward, I think we need more research that deterimes the precise cognitive mechanisms that allow people to reach their long-term goals"

Mr Kaufman, if you want to be able to determine precise cognitive abilities that allow people to reach their long-term goals then, I guess, this is one of your long-term goals.
This being the case (which, I think, must be impossible to dispute, given your field of inquirey); Will you be researching yourself?

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Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., is a cognitive psychologist at NYU, Co-founder of The Creativity Post, and Chief Science Officer of The Future Project.

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