The Village Effect

Addiction

Susan Pinker on January 28, 2011

Memory

Susan Pinker on January 7, 2011

We retain and recall information best when we're put to the test in the spot where we learned it.

Education

Susan Pinker on December 1, 2010

Trying to learn new material at one sitting,  by repetition, just doesn't work.

Career

Susan Pinker on November 22, 2010

How can you tell if someone will really do what they say they're going to do? Only their neurologist knows for sure!

Trust

Susan Pinker on November 15, 2010

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

Gender

Susan Pinker on April 19, 2010

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.

Trauma

Susan Pinker on January 19, 2010

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.

Anger

Susan Pinker on November 9, 2009

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.

Highly Sensitive Person

Susan Pinker on October 20, 2009

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?