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Complexity of cancer stem cells evolution and precision medicine Understanding how tumours grow and develop is a key objective in cancer research. It is, however, an extremely complex problem that needs an interdisciplinary approach where biomedical researchers work side by side with scientists from hard disciplines such as physics (see our latest book: The Physics […]
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In this follow-up to Part 1 of “That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It!” Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, author of How We Think and Learn , describes common misconceptions in school-age and college students and presents several teaching strategies that can help students revise their belief to be more consistent with scientifically supported explanations.
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Bert Spector, author of Discourse on Leadership, examines macho culture and leadership in his recent blog post, originally posted on The Conversation.
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The West is currently in the grip of a perfect storm: a lingering economic recession, a global refugee crisis, declining faith in multiculturalism, and the rise of populist anti-immigration parties. These developments seem to confirm the widely held view that hardship and poverty lead to social unrest and, more specifically, scapegoating of minorities. Yet a provocative new book presents compelling evidence to show that prejudice and intergroup hostility can be equally prevalent in times of economic prosperity, and among more affluent sections of the population.
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In my 40-plus years of teaching cognitive psychology, reading professional literature, and casually talking with friends and acquaintances, I’ve encountered many misconceptions about how the human brain and mind work. Here I’ll address three common misconceptions about the brain that have been discredited time and time again by neuroscientific and psychological researchers. Misconception #1: Most […]
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Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, author of How We Think and Learn , explains why some people stubbornly stick to misinformation and irrational ideas.
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“…a time would come, when men should be able to stretch out their eyes…by which means they should be able to discover…every nebulous star appearing as if it were the firmament of some other world at an incomprehensible distance…that they should see planets like our Earth”- Inaugural lecture of Christopher Wren (aged 25) as Professor […]
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The Selected Letters of John Kenneth Galbraith includes numerous letters between the famed economist and some of the most influential politicians of our time. Among those, of course, is President John F. Kennedy. On the 100th anniversary of JFK’s birthday, read on for a letter from 1961 in which Galbraith advises the future President on […]
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