TEDMED 2020 Boston, March 2-4 2020 In this video, Stanford University professor, athlete, and psychologist Alia Crum, PhD, discusses how our mindset can affect health behaviors and outcomes. Following…
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By Jamil Zaki “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.” — Martin Luther King Jr., Ebenezer Baptist Church, Feb. 4, 1968 Two months before he was killed, Martin Luther King Jr. described a…
2020 APS Spence Recipients Announced Eight psychological scientists have been selected as the recipients of the 2020 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award. The recipients are Dylan Gee (Yale University), who…
By Steven Petrow Contributing columnist Dec. 1, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. PST You can become a kinder person. Even in this angry, stressed-out era. Yes, really. Many organizations are focused on doing just…
By Laura L. Carstensen November 29, 2019 at 11:24 a.m. PST Laura L. Carstensen, a professor of psychology, is the director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. It’s time to get serious about a major…
APS Fellow Lee Ross jokes that the scientific term he’s famous for, Ross’s fundamental attribution error, sounds as if he’s the one who made the error. More than 40 years ago, the Stanford University…
by Stanford News Service on July 5, 2019 3:05 pm Eleven Stanford faculty members have been named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE is…
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States…
New Stanford research on emotions shows that people’s motivations are a driving factor behind how much they allow others to influence their feelings, such as anger. BY ALEX SHASHKEVICH In a new study…
By Emma Seppälä Stanford neuroscientist Jamil Zaki’s new book, “ The War for Kindness: Building empathy in a fractured world,” makes a powerful case for kindness and empathy — not only because they…