THE WASHINGTON POST: Kevin Swartout, associate professor of psychology and public health, in an article about a study released last week that focused on sexual assaults at Tulane University. He was also quoted in articles in the Chicago Tribune and Mother Jones.
Eyal Aharoni, PhD: If you had the power to foresee who will commit a crime by peering into their brain, would you use it? Cognitive scientist Eyal Aharoni’s cutting-edge research with New Mexico’s Mind Research Network forces us to confront uneasy questions about the proper role of emerging “neuro-prediction” technologies in decisions to punish, release,… more »
Sarah Brosnan, professor of psychology, in an article about a study that shows rhesus macaques and capuchin monkeys can find a stable solution when playing a competitive game in which one opponent always does better than the other, but only humans can find a solution that benefits both competitors equally, turning a competitive situation into… more »