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Susan Pinker

About

Susan Pinker is a developmental psychologist, columnist, and broadcaster who writes about social science. Her first book, The Sexual Paradox, was published in seventeen countries and was awarded the William James Book Award by the American Psychological Association. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, The Times of London, the BBC, the CBC, The Economist, Atlantic Monthly, The Financial Times, Der Spiegel, and NBC's Today show. She lives in Montreal.

Books by Susan Pinker
Recent Posts
The Brain Doesn't Lie
How can you tell if someone will really do what they say they're going to do? Only their neurologist knows for sure!
Reach Out and Touch Someone

Though previously considered taboo, recent research shows how physical contact increases trust between group members, and this mutual trust improves performance of the group.

Though previously considered taboo, recent research shows how physical contact increases trust between group members, and this mutual trust improves performance of the group.

Women, Computers and Engineering: It's Not All About Bias

A new report says that fewer women choose physics, technology and engineering careers due to hidden biases. But the science tells us something else entirely: most women have different interests and career preferences than men.

A new report says that fewer women choose physics, technology and engineering careers due to hidden biases. But the science tells us something else entirely: most women have different interests and career preferences than men.

When Counseling is Dangerous

Many of us feel compelled to help after a humanitarian disaster such as Haiti's recent devastating earthquake. But  all evidence points to psychological debriefing as a risky practice that can exacerbate traumatic symptoms in adults, and is completely untested in children.

Many of us feel compelled to help after a humanitarian disaster such as Haiti's recent devastating earthquake. But  all evidence points to psychological debriefing as a risky practice that can exacerbate traumatic symptoms in adults, and is completely untested in children.

Men and Mass Killing

Who is most likely to pull out a gun in the workplace or on campus? Men, particularly extreme, socially isolated men in the prime of life, are more at risk of violence than women are at any age.

Who is most likely to pull out a gun in the workplace or on campus? Men, particularly extreme, socially isolated men in the prime of life, are more at risk of violence than women are at any age.

Can Children be Shared?

It takes a special kind of open mind to speed-date an infant. This first post on the science of human attachments looks at serial parenting, and asks this provocative question: are human babies meant to be shared?

It takes a special kind of open mind to speed-date an infant. This first post on the science of human attachments looks at serial parenting, and asks this provocative question: are human babies meant to be shared?