An appeal to emotions like excitement or anger is a key persuasion tactic used by fraudsters to mislead the elderly. That’s the key finding in a new report from the Stanford Center on Longevity…
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The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in…
Researchers at the Stanford Center on Longevity have found in a new report that the ways in which elderly people process high-arousal emotions, such as anger and excitement, is in part responsible for…
President Barack Obama on Thursday awarded four Bay Area researchers — two from UC Berkeley and two from Stanford — with the nation’s top honors for science and technology.
Last December, Stanford psychologist ALBERT BANDURA and microbiologist STANLEY FALKOW, were among those named winners of 2015 National Medals of Science. A White House ceremony, originally scheduled…
Stanford researchers and private sector leaders gathered for a one-day mediaXconference on campus that focused on how technology can enhance the intelligence of people. The May 17 event at the…
A paper in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ reports on benefits of certain remedies to close achievement gaps. Simple exercises to help incoming students understand the challenges…
People carry a heavier burden from rejection when they view it as revealing something about “who they really are” as a person, new Stanford research shows. The research, published in the Personality…
“Activity in one brain region appears to indicate ‘uh oh, I might lose money,’ but in another seems to indicate ‘oh yay, I could win something,'” said Brian Knutson , associate professor of psychology…
“I think when people are playing the lottery, they’re paying more attention to the amount they can win than the probability that they’ll win that amount,” said Stanford University Associate Professor…