Kit Yarrow, a consumer psychologist, says people can alter their spending habits this holiday, feel empowered and fight the doom and gloom feeling that is affecting many.
As a professor of psychology and marketing at Golden Gate University and author of Gen buY: Why tweens, teens and twenty-somethings buy and how they’re revolutionizing the way we all shop (Jossey-Bass, August 2009), Yarrow provides insight into why people buy and shop and how the current economic situation is affecting this year’s holiday spending habits. She explains why each generation might be affected differently and offers some coping strategies [continue reading…]
December 2008
The holidays are generally considered to be a joyous time; however, for people coping with serious illnesses the holidays can bring unwanted stress. Michelle Riba, M.D., professor of psychiatry and associate chair for integrated medicine and psychiatric services at the University of Michigan Health System, recommends ways to steer clear of these unnecessary stresses during the winter months. [continue reading…]
Parents of children with intellectual disabilities have long been frustrated by IQ testing that tells them little to nothing about their children’s long-term learning potential. That’s because the tests are scored according to the mean performance of children without disabilities, so the raw scores of many intellectually disabled children are converted to the lowest normalized score: typically a zero. [continue reading…]
As always I am drawn to the visual, these images are a combination of Art and Science and really are beautiful…. The Beautiful Mind Exhibition is being organized by the Marie Curie funded Early stage Training CORTEX Program. In 2009 it will be on tour and travel through 8 cities in Europe.
Link to the gallery
Source: The Beautiful Mind with Hat tip Vaughan
