Art Markman, PhD

As a cognitive scientist, I like the brain.   Over the years, the field has learned a lot from the study of brain dama...

In the 1980s, there was a bumper sticker that made the rounds that said, “He who dies with the most toys wins.”   That...

Happiness is almost a national obsession these days.   The self-help shelves of bookstores are filled with entries tha...

There are always predictions to be made. We are a few weeks away from the Super Bowl, and sports pundits are making predictions about who wi...

Our sense of morality helps us to do the right thing even in situations where there is a temptation to do something wr...

Have you ever had one of those days where you just find it hard to get anything done?   You sit at your desk trying to...

Innovation provides a key path to business success.   In the 1970s, it may have seemed inconceivable that computers wo...