People
| November 5, 2012
Extreme Jobs: With Machete in Hand
Anthropologist Alyssa Crittenden ventures into the African bush to study how humans learned to cooperate.
Topic: psychology and human behavior
Research
| August 1, 2012
The Numbers Game
Does the thought of an algebra test strike fear in you? Psychologist Mark Ashcraft is getting to the root cause of math anxiety.
Research
| March 31, 2010
Communication Tough for Military Couples
The stress of military deployments takes a toll on effective communication for couples.
Arts and Culture
| November 30, 2009
Fenway Fanatics: Baseball's Oldest Park Becomes Lab for Urban Culture
Like religion, sociologist Michael Ian Borer says, baseball and Fenway Park give Bostonians something larger than themselves to believe in, "something that transcends the here and now."
Research
| July 23, 2009
As Seen on Oprah
Psychology professor Marta Meana appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show and discusses what ignites desire in women.