Culture

An Olympic State of Mind: Q&A with US Olympic Team Sports Psychologist Karen Cogan

By Evan Nesterak

Olympic athletes are masters of preparation. Most of us are aware of the years of physical training the athletes endure to compete at the highest level. But there’s a significant mental aspect to their preparation as well.

Art: A Tail or a Song?

By Anjan Chatterjee

In his new book, The Aesthetic Brain, Anjan Chatterjee utilizes neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to explore three critical questions in the field of aesthetics: What is beauty? What is pleasure? What is art?