It's Not Your Fault -- Your Brain is Self-Centered Short-term memory focuses on things we label as “ours,” no matter how random they are DURHAM, N.C. -- You’re in the middle of a conversation and suddenly turn away because you...
Money-savers Focus Attention -- And Eyes -- On the Prize Patient savers eye movements reveal how they think about long-term rewards.
Dzirasa and Cook Named to American Society for Clinical Investigation For young investigators who have contributed to understanding human disease Two Duke University researchers were elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation...
Nita Farahany: When Technology Can Read Minds, How Can We Protect Our Rights? Law professor and ethicist presses the case for the right of cognitive liberty
Severity Of Crime Increases Jury’s Belief In Guilt Evidence matters more to lawyers and judges than to jurors The more severe a crime, the more evidence you should have to prove someone did it. But a new...
Pupil's Brain Recognizes the Perfect Teacher Social brain lights up in juvenile songbirds that find a singing mentor Youngsters learn many important behaviors by imitating adults. But young learners are selective...
Terrie Moffitt Elected to National Academy of Medicine Associate Director of Landmark Longitudinal Study in New Zealand Terrie E. Moffitt, Ph.D., the Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor of Psychology and...
