Enhancing Cognition in Older Adults Also Changes Personality

By Milena Z. Fisher, Ph.D. | January 20, 2012 | 0 comments

Engagement in cognitively challenging tasks led to an increase in openness to new experiences, researchers found.
MIT Launches Online Learning Initiative

By Milena Z. Fisher, Ph.D. | January 19, 2012 | 0 comments

'MITx' will offer courses online and make online learning tools freely available.
Humans: Why They Triumphed

By Milena Z. Fisher, Ph.D. | January 18, 2012 | 0 comments

How did one ape 45,000 years ago happen to turn into a planet dominator? The answer lies in an epochal collision of creativity.
Dr. Robert Bilder: Personal Brain Management (Video)

By Milena Z. Fisher, Ph.D. | January 18, 2012 | 0 comments

Personal Brain Management: technology and design for health and happiness.
Attentive Collaboration by the Audience: Essential but Not Easy

By Thomas Mark | January 17, 2012 | 0 comments

The collaboration of performer and audience is essential because it affects the quality of the performer's artwork, but it is not an entirely easy thing to achieve, and in some cases there are cultural obstacles to achieving it.
Are You Smarter than an Ape’s Uncle?

By Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein | January 16, 2012 | 0 comments

An ape puzzler highlights non-symbolic thinking.
After the Show: The Many Faces of the Performer

By Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | January 14, 2012 | 0 comments

Creative thinking is influenced by many traits, behaviors, and sociocultural factors that come together in one person. It would be surprising if all of these factors didn't sometimes appear to contradict one another.
The Educational World Is Flat

By Dr. Jonathan Wai | January 13, 2012 | 0 comments

A conversation with Tom Vander Ark, former Executive Director of Education for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on his vision for our educational future.
10 Actions Needed Now to Boost U.S. Innovation: Report

By Milena Z. Fisher, Ph.D. | January 13, 2012 | 0 comments

Innovation is something messy and failure-prone that arises from the grassroots.
Responsibility of the Audience

By Thomas Mark | January 12, 2012 | 0 comments

The responsibility of audience members at concerts, plays and dance performances goes beyond mere courtesy

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