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Published in FY19 or earlier

When talking with others, people routinely describe and point at things, but they also depict things with their hands, arms, head, face, eyes and body – with and without props.

Yet this action of “depicting” or “staging a scene” non-verbally is

Published in FY19 or earlier

Six Stanford assistant professors are among recipients of the 2016 Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize scholars who show promise early in their careers.

WILLIAM CHUEH, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and a center

Published in FY19 or earlier

Stanford psychologist Jeanne Tsai found that the more a particular country's culture values excitement, the more its political leaders show enthusiastic smiles. On the other hand, when the specific culture emphasizes calm, those leaders show more

Published in FY19 or earlier

More Americans are living to their 80s, 90s and beyond, unthinkable just a century ago. Most say they expect to live to their 80s or longer, and want to live to 100 if they can do so in good health.  

But the policies, products and personal behaviors

Published in FY19 or earlier

Podcast discussion about the terms used to describe 'old people', featuring psychologist Laura Carstensen.