Art Markman, PhD

I have written a few blog entries in the past on the observation from research by Tom Gilovich and Leaf Van Boven as...

Suppose you had the job to interview students for a university.   Over the course of an admissions season, you might i...

If you decide to start blogging, you have to develop a thick skin.   Not everyone is going to like what you have to sa...

My dog is not very patient.   If she senses that I might feed her a treat, she comes bounding over and sits begging.  ...

Everyone is familiar with placebo effects.   Just taking a pill can reduce pain you are feeling, even if that pill has...

It is important to visualize what is going to happen in the future.   When you are making plans to accomplish a goal, ...

When we think of the problems that stereotypes cause, we typically focus on negative characteristics associated with g...