Art Markman, PhD

By the end of January every year, many people who made New Year’s resolutions discover that it is hard to keep them.  ...

Over the past several years, much has been made of the psychological influences of the hormone Oxytocin on behavior.  ...

Over the years, many studies have examined what people find attractive in faces.   One important factor is symmetry.  ...

I love movies about con artists.   David Mamet’s early film House of Games is a great example.   Throughout the film,...

One of the themes in this blog over the years is goal contagion , which is the idea that we often adopt the goals of t...

Technology has made it easy for people to give donations following natural disasters.   When reports of floods, typhoo...

By the time kids start school, there are already differences among them in their language abilities.   These early dif...