Abigail Marsh
Psychology & neuroscience professor @Georgetown. Author of THE FEAR FACTOR (UK: GOOD FOR NOTHING). Studies empathy, psychopathy, aggression & altruism.
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Studying the neural basis of social & affective processes
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Abigail Marsh
The SANS 2020 submission portal is now live! Submit your abstracts for this year's meeting (May 7-9 in Santa Barbara, CA) now... @SANS_news
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‘Students Learn Best in Their Preferred Learning Style,’ and Other Neuromyths
A survey shows the extent to which instructors and staff members hold false beliefs about learning, rooted in misunderstandings about the brain.
The Fine Line Between Self-Esteem and Narcissism
How confident is too confident?
How We Are Treating Kids as Mirrored By How We Treat the Very Old: Crippling Them with Caution
Hospitals' fear of elderly people falling is so great that they are preventing them from walking, reports The Washington Post. This is ostensibly for the patients' own good -- yet not getting up for even just a few days is crippling them: Hospitals...
Zombie Ideas
In this season of ghosts, witches, and everything spooky, APS President Lisa Feldman Barrett takes aim at the hordes of mistaken beliefs she sees continuing to haunt psychological science.
Engineers Sprint Ahead, but Don’t Underestimate the Poets
Technical skills taught in college have a short shelf life, while a liberal arts education prepares graduates for jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
Some Lie a Lot
Most people are fairly honest, but there are prolific liars among us.
Facebook’s Hands-Off Approach to Political Speech Gets Impeachment Test
The company’s handling of a Trump campaign ad with unsubstantiated accusations about Joseph Biden foreshadows a continuing fight over misinformation.
In Climate Action, Don’t Neglect Air Pollution
The air pollution problem is still so large, it actually offers a better rationale for transitioning to cleaner energy than even climate change. Source: EPAWe compared the monetized benefits of energy policies for the climate and air pollution, and...
Donor-To-Donor Kidney Chains Personify American Selflessness, Save Lives
Donor To Donor fights to bring attention to the growing deficit of more than 100,000 patients currently in need of a kidney around the U.S.
Abigail Marsh
Fantastic story on @donortodonor, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping the 100,000 Americans awaiting a kidney find a donor (and an organization I'm proud to be a part of). forbes.com/sites/chrisstr… @ChrisStrub
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The Gender Pay Gap Is Largely Because of Motherhood
Some women work just as much after having children, but employers pay them less, too, assuming they will be less committed, research shows.
A collective blame hypocrisy intervention enduringly reduces hostility towards Muslims
An intervention highlighting the hypocrisy involved in blaming Muslims but not ingroup members reduces collective blame of Muslims. This reduction was maintained for a year, despite an attack by Muslim extremists that was carried out during this...
Gun-related deaths rise — except for one group of Americans
Nearly one-fifth of firearm deaths over the last two decades occurred between 2015 and 2017, new figures show.
Tolerance of outsiders is also a human instinct – Christian Jarrett | Aeon Ideas
We tend to favour our own, just like other primates do. Yet tolerance of outsiders has evolved into a human instinct too
Members of the United States Congress
The United States Congress is made up of 100 senators, 435 representatives, and 6 delegates to the House of Representatives.
This Experiment Has Some Great News for Our Democracy
The idea that our divisions are entrenched and unbridgeable is overstated.
Goldman Sachs released a 34-page analysis of the impact of climate change. And the results are terrifying. | Markets Insider
A Goldman Sachs report on the impact of climate change on cities across the world makes for grim reading. Rising temperatures would lead to changing...
NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals
Emails and interviews detail the extent to which the National Rifle Association helped two of Moscow's agents ahead of the election, Senate Finance Committee Democrats say.