Professor David Sherry (pictured below) is the awardee of the Comparative Cognition Society‘s Annual Research Award for 2021 for his contributions in the field of comparative psychology. The award is associated with a Special Issue in Learning & Behavior in honor of his research. In the interview, I talk with Professor Scott MacDougall-Shackleton (pictured below), on the the Guest Editors of the […]
Have you ever played a video game where the first few levels are relatively easy and slow, but as you progress, the game becomes harder and faster? Years back, I played Tetris, Frogger, PacMan, Space Invaders, Centipede, etc. I can remember my 10-year-old self (or my 22-year-old graduate student self) working so hard to beat the […]
Kimele Persaud is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University and a long-serving Digital Associate Editor (DAE; pictured below). Kimele has decided to leave the Digital Content team, much to my chagrin. This post is an interview about her time as a DAE. Having been familiar with her writings, I first met Kimele in real life […]
We all enjoy a tasty snack every now and then, and we usually have personal preferences for specific foods. Some of us may prefer chocolate, whereas others prefer potato chips. Sometimes we may get a little carried away snacking, ending up eating way more than we intended. So, what happens in the brain when we […]
In October 2008, ‘Year2183’ posted a message on the anti-Muslim website ‘Gates of Vienna’, arguing that Muslims should be forcibly deported from Norway. Three years later, on 22 July 2011, the same individual posted and e-mailed a 1500-page document describing his extreme-right ideology and the extensive preparations that he made before killing 77 people in […]
Around this time of year, when the weather is cooling and the leaves are turning, I love to snuggle up on the couch and watch a good crime mystery! One of my absolute favorite shows is BBC’s, Sherlock, a television crime drama based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The show stars […]
Have you ever found yourself whispering something to yourself in the comfort of your own head? If you had, you’re not alone. Many people – but not all – do. This phenomenon is known as internal verbalization or inner speech. Curiously, people who don’t experience internal verbalization are surprised about the notion of others “listening” […]
My young daughter plays computer games that allow her to learn a skill while playing and competing with other players. It’s probably a gift and a curse of the COVID-19 pandemic all at once — children getting more than enough screen time per day, but gaining a skill that they might otherwise not attain while […]
Three years ago, I bought a new car that had a keyless push start. It took almost six months of driving before I stopped trying to put my key into the ignition. Each time I tried to put an imaginary key into the imaginary ignition slot, I shook my head and laughed at myself. My […]
Memory is such a fickle thing. Have you ever found yourself forgetting things that you should have remembered and remembered things that you should have forgotten? This happens to me all the time! I can completely forget where I placed my cell phone, even if placed minutes ago. However, I can remember lyrics to a […]