Mad Science
Our “On-Demand” Generation
I had a minor epiphany when the #dcquake struck yesterday, rattling us all the way up the Hudson River Valley. After shaking off the vertigo, I jumped on my trusty iPhone to find out if what we had experienced was, in fact, an earthquake, and not just a train crashing into the basement of the […]
The Family that Researches Together…
Here’s a little blurb by the APS Observer about my family’s research presentation at the Association for Psychological Sciences convention in Washington D.C. last summer! Sorry to be so absent in the blogging world, friends – this teacher-trainer workshop has kept me super busy! I plan to get back on schedule this week as school […]
On the Burner – the Dark Side of Leadership
Dr. Robert Hare stated not too long ago, “If I wasn’t studying psychopaths in prison, I’d do so at the stock exchange” (Babiak & Hare, 2006). While recent news headlines have prominently displayed the misdeeds of corporate America and politicians in power – again and again — the public sees high-powered executives living high-flying existences […]
Daily Digest: Science, Tech, and Foodie News for 14 June (and make-up from all the other days I missed while hanging out at Disney)
Here’s some of the interesting stuff I’ve been reading about in today’s science and tech news (follow the hotlinks for the full stories). Apologies for some of the older stories – I was having too much fun checking out Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios to post Of course, I could always blame the […]
Daily Digest: Science, Tech, and Foodie News for 7 June 2011
Here’s some of the interesting stuff I’m following in today’s science and tech news (follow the hotlinks for the full stories) – Space, the final frontier…for cucumbers? We are totally missing out on our opportunities to grow space fruit now that we don’t have a space program. Meh. But that doesn’t stop us from appreciating the […]
On the Burner – Generals are sexy? Who knew!
When we used the California Q-Sort (CAQ; Block, 1961, 2008) to evaluate various leaders for our last study, the last thing we expected was for our four U.S. Army Generals to pop up as universally “sexy” or “attractive” but “risky” as relationship prospects among our female participants, yet that’s exactly what happened. All of our […]
Daily Digest: Science, Tech, and Foodie News for 6 June 2011
Here’s some of the interesting stuff I’m following in today’s science and tech news (follow the hotlinks for the full stories) – We’ll start with the news Apple presented me with the moment I pulled up my iTunes this morning – Apple has decided to scrap their attempts to synchronize your iLife with MobileMe and […]
Among Psychologists: Presenting at the 23rd Annual APS Convention in Washington DC
APS runs some of the best conferences to attend, whether you’re a psychologist or not. Even though I’m a statistician by training, I always feel like I come away with dozens of ideas for new ways to apply my expertise, and a few new tricks of the trade being used in different areas! And if there’s […]
