Art Markman, PhD

Ownership is an interesting concept.   Unlike many other aspects of objects, ownership depends on ...

We have all experienced boredom.   Sitting in a class where the teacher is droning on about a topic you don’t care abo...

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...