Ohio University Libraries Psychology Blog

“It’s playtime at the Geraldyn O. Foster Early Childhood Center in Bridgeton, N.J. … But this isn’t a normal school. It’s based on the Tools of the Mind program. In other words, it’s a school where almost every moment of the day is devoted in some way to teaching the kids — mostly low-income children [...]

Learn about the library in 52 minutes with Alden’s new podcast series. Each week, a new 1-minute sound bite about library services becomes available. Visit http://www.library.ohiou.edu/newsblog/?p=213 to listen.

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“As a behavioral economist, Dan Ariely studies the way people make economic decisions. His conclusion? We don’t do it the way economists typically say we do. Instead, he finds, humans are ‘predictably irrational.’” Listen to this radio story at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19231906

Some researchers believe that imaginative play helps children develop self-control skills — and that the movement toward highly structured activities for children may be interfering with this development. Listen to this radio news story at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514.

I’ve added a new post category, “Media,” to call attention to psychology-related stories I run across on television, on the radio, and on the Web. Suggestions of television shows, radio pieces, magazine articles, and web sites to post are welcome!

“Is it a good idea to drill holes in people’s heads to treat them for depression?” See one journalist’s take on the research at http://www.slate.com/id/2184699.

The PBS TV series NOVA explores “what separates humans from our closest living relatives” by demonstrating various principles of cognition in chimpanzees and human children. Topics explored include social cooperation, impulse control, and the ability to share knowledge with others through teaching and learning. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/apegenius/ and click WATCH ONLINE to view the program.

Seven groups of Ohio students made YouTube videos about the research-enhancing powers of OhioLINK in response to the This Is My OhioLINK Video Contest. Now you can watch the videos, vote for your favorites, and maybe learn something about OhioLINK along the way.
http://www.ohiolink.edu/videocontest/vote

“That people differ from each other is obvious. How and why they differ is less clear and is an important part of the study of personality. Personality psychology addresses the questions of shared human nature, dimensions of individual differences and unique patterns of individuals.”
Visit the Personality Project at
http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/scripts/redirect.html?id=1009
to learn more about the field of [...]