Imagine A Paradise Every other year, students join my co-instructor and me on a research-oriented field study down to Roatán, Honduras, in collaboration with the Dolphin Communication Project and its director, Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski. During this field-based research course, students learn about dolphin biology and behavior, the conservation of coral and sea turtles, and the […]
Have you ever noticed how movies often depict different places using distinct color palettes? Stories happening in Mexico and the Old West, for example, are frequently portrayed with sepia tones, evoking nostalgia or toughness, while movies set in cold places or warzones are often portrayed as being grayish – or technically speaking, with decreased color […]
It’s that time again. Time to celebrate and share our science. Time to meet with old friends and colleagues. Time to meet new ones. Time for the 2023 64th Annual Meeting. This time in San Francisco. There’s a lot of work behind the scenes to make this meeting happen, including the Society’s Digital Team’s activities. […]
Unfortunately for me, one of the first things I see most mornings is an ad. It’s largely my fault—I have the extremely terrible habit of keeping my phone next to me at night and then an arguably worse habit of checking Twitter (excuse me, X) in the morning, leading me to inevitably scroll past an […]
You may not get a second chance to make a first impression, but how important are first impressions really? According to the authors of an article recently published in the Psychonomic Society’s journal Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, “Human beings live in a social environment that functions through the establishment of hierarchies, with individuals acting as […]
How am I supposed to learn my way around this confusing new place? Picture the following situation: you’re on vacation, you’ve spent all day (and then some) in airports and on planes, and you’ve finally made it to your hotel. Now you’ve got to find your room, and you need to remember how to get […]
Is this the right assessment for you? Is it right for me? Imagine you’re back in school (it may have been a while for you!) and you’re undergoing some kind of psychometric assessment, perhaps to see if you need extra support to be the best student you can be. If you’re reading this, it’s probably […]
In this episode of All Things Cognition, I interviewed Zoe Hughes (pictured below) about her meta-analysis published in the Psychonomic Society journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review on the effects of mindfulness on creativity with co-authors, Linden Ball, Jeannie Judge, and Cassandra Richardson. We talked about different types of creativity and which was more impacted by […]
Many of us have things that we look forward to when the weather gets cooler – the usual apple picking, pumpkin carving, admiring the fall leaves, and (how could I forget) the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting. One thing that I don’t particularly look forward to is the dense fog that happens around this time of […]
Have you ever noticed that restaurants often advertise their food with vibrant, bright colors—highlighting every juicy morsel of the meal? The reasoning is simple: colorful photography makes the food more appetizing and makes us (the viewer) more likely to buy it. Some believe that this type of advertising even contributes to overeating habits when marketing […]