In its first 10 years, the Stanford Center on Longevity helped expand discussion of the world’s aging population, making that discussion both more inclusive and more optimistic. The way researchers…
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Most people don’t have answers to the big questions about consciousness or the meaning of life, but they do have a way of thinking about and categorizing mental life. It comes down to three things –…
The psychology professor on students’ mindsets, nine-day weeks and thinking in the bath Carol S. Dweck is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton professor of psychology at Stanford University. She has…
Carol Dweck, Stanford’s Lewis and Eaton Professor of Psychology, is the inaugural recipient of the Yidan Prize for Educational Research. Dweck’s research has focused on identifying two different…
A fund to promote global education set up by Tencent co-founder Chen Yidan handed out its first two awards in Hong Kong last night. Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University, received…
By Laura L. Carstensen December 29, 2017 Laura L. Carstensen is professor of psychology and the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. professor in public policy at Stanford University. We hear a lot about aging…
Stanford psychologist recognized with $4 million prize for education research Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck received the inaugural Yidan Prize, honoring her innovative contributions to…
The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., put the spotlight on 200 influential scholars it said did the most to shape educational practice and policy in the past year. Stanford scholars…
Researchers found that neglected children in Romania who were matched with foster care families earlier in life are more likely to be just as resilient and healthy as their peers later in life…
Stanford researchers pioneering a new model of foster care have discovered that placing vulnerable children with foster families at an earlier age enhances resilience, physical competence and…