Art Markman, PhD

We all know that thinking about happy memories can make you happy, while thinking about sad events from the past can make you sad. ...

Minds are strange things.   Our conscious experience of the world feels separate from the body that we inhabit.   That...

A lot of political discussion in the US examines policies as well as the values related to those policies.   Discussio...

We often make generalizations about the behavior of groups of people. We might say that college students are prone to ...

Anyone who has tried to break a bad habit has experienced the trouble with willpower.   You want to stick to your diet...

We evaluate how people will act in the future all the time.   Hiring someone to do a job involves determining how well...

The next time you find yourself in a waiting room, train station, or airport, find a comfortable seat and listen to pe...