Materially False: A Q&A with Tim Kasser about the Pursuit of the Good Life through Goods
As Madonna astutely noted in her 1984 song, we live in a material world.
Psychology
How Psychology Can Help Ferguson Heal
As a nation, we must commit to the complex and difficult work of change. Change can start with our willingness to talk honestly with each other and to have difficult dialogues regarding race relations and the persistence of racial bias in this country.
Schadenfreude in Gaza
As the Gaza-Israel conflict began escalating last month, there were widely circulated reports that Israeli spectators had gathered on garden chairs and old sofas to cheer as bombs rained down on people living in Gaza just a few miles away.
Q&A with Nicholas Epley Part 1: We Need to Talk
We possess a fundamental need to connect with one another, yet connecting with others in a meaningful way can be awkward, elusive, and challenging.
Q&A with Nicholas Epley Part 2: Ourselves & Our Technology
In Part 2 of our interview with Nicholas Epley, we explore his work on presence of mind–how we perceive and relate to the minds of other people and objects.
Be Mindwise: Perspective Taking vs. Perspective Getting
In his new book, Mindwise, Nicholas Epley explores the power of our “sixth sense,” as he calls it—our ability to infer what’s going on in another’s mind, what they think, feel, and want.