Art Markman, PhD

The potential ills of video game play have been broadcast all over the media.   Playing violent video games can prime ...

One of the great things about doing research is that you can actually test the beliefs that people take for granted.  ...

In the United States, we have a strange relationship with food.   Most of us eat on the go.   We drive through at fast...

A few times in this blog, I have written about self-compassion.   Self-compassion is the degree to which you treat you...

Most of us believe that a certain amount of self-control is crucial for success.   In order to succeed in the modern w...

I live in Austin, Texas, which prides itself as a center for entrepreneurship.   Entrepreneurs are people who start th...

Willpower is a notoriously fickle thing.   Some days, you can withstand even the fiercest temptation.   On other days,...