At Carol Dweck’s New York City elementary school, her class was seated in order of IQ. The experience launched a lifetime of scientific discovery—a quest to understand the implicit assumptions…
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BY KER THAN Until recently, nobody had heard of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, and certainly no Stanford labs were studying it. But, in just a few short weeks, researchers in…
Recognizing transformative early-career contributions to psychological science. Award recipients are APS Members who are among our most creative and promising investigators. The APS Janet Taylor…
by Vedika Kanchan As children transition from adolescence to adulthood, their brains can grow electrical insulation that supports reading and facial recognition, according to research from the…
The Bass University Fellows in Undergraduate Education Program recognizes faculty members for their extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education. BY KATHLEEN J. SULLIVAN Ten faculty members…
BY ALAN MOZES, HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- How do you make healthy food more popular? Start by giving it a yummy-sounding name, researchers say. People are much more…
After meeting at a party, a Stanford psychologist and SLAC particle physicists have collaborated on a new kind of EEG device that can stimulate the brain and read out the effects. BY NATHAN COLLINS…
by Nathan Collins The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute has announced its third round of seed grants to six interdisciplinary teams of researchers who collectively span departments from neurosurgery to…
Neuroscientists had thought parts of the brain associated with reading and face recognition shrunk as children grow. In fact, they may be growing electrical insulation that makes their brains more…
Most people want to eat healthier, but efforts to encourage healthy eating by providing nutrition information have not changed habits much. A new study suggests that labels emphasizing taste and…