Dr. Meredyth Daneman took a paradigm and struck gold in a publication that might be well considered her first attempt at academic publishing. Moreover, she didn't plan on being in the United States, much less Pittsburgh for a Psychology doctorate. She didn't plan on working with Dr. Patricia Carpenter in graduate school. She didn't necessarily … Continue reading Dr. Meredyth Daneman and the Span of Memory (plus a note from the road) →

  Dr. Ellen Bialystok is the Walter Gordon Research Chair of Lifespan Cognitive Development at York University, and an Associate Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Hospital.  In meeting with me she prefaced the conversation (and the recording I took) with the following consideration: her vocal tract was degraded by a health issue, and … Continue reading Dr. Ellen Bialystok is Unstoppable →

This journey to psychology really is starting to shape into a journey. Our traveling distance has climbed into the thousands of miles at this point (because side trips, shopping trips, stop offs at weird roadside attractions   -- not just straight driving point-to-point) and the list of renowned scholars has become to take shape. There are … Continue reading Notes from the Road: Can’t stop, won’t stop →

In the field of the Psychology of Music and the Neuroscience of Music, much of the research -- I might even venture to say most of the influence -- has come from Montreal and the members of the BRAMS Laboratory, encompassing full-time faculty of the Universite de Montreal, McGill University, and Concordia University, and associate faculty … Continue reading Dr. Isabelle Peretz and Music are Special! →

McGill University and the Montreal Neuro Institute (MNI) is the home to some amazing history. One should note the recent celebration at MNI of  the 100th birthday of Dr. Brenda Milner and for its place as the intellectual home of Donald Hebb -- thereby making it one of the birthplaces of modern day neuroscience. Importantly,  for … Continue reading Dr. Robert Zatorre and the Neuroscience of Music →

Dr. David Barlow is a transformative figure in clinical Psychology and has been so during years for which that sub-discipline has undergone  some rather tremendous change. But we'll get to that momentarily. Dr. Barlow introduces himself  in this first excerpt from our conversation: Like many I've spoken with this journey (e.g., Drs. Sidanius, Grotevant, Kramer), … Continue reading Dr. David Barlow and the Dawn of Behavioral Psychology →

Boston, Cambridge, Providence, and Amherst were beautiful places to be, but this journey must continue and onward we've trudged up to Montreal, QC, Canada. There's much to share about all this journey and the intricacies of travel. To provide some context, I will recall  that some years ago I was a post-doc at the University … Continue reading Voyage au Nord: Where are we now? →

It was amazing to get to speak with Dr. Elizabeth Spelke! She introduces herself modestly, but it is worth noting that she is a researcher with a laundry list of fabulous honors and awards and is currently the Marshall L. Berkman endowed chair at Harvard University. Here is Dr. Spelke: Indeed, she does study babies, … Continue reading Dr. Elizabeth Spelke: Core Concepts →

With all apologies to my reduced blogging output this week, it is the year 5779 for us celebrating Rosh Hashana.  I've been spending some much needed time with my family and the wonderful  community at Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua, New Hampshire. We came to them as strangers, but were welcomed and felt a part … Continue reading I’m Holding on to this Ox →

Dr. Jerome Kagan has had an amazing career marked by some very important large scale studies of children. As he describes in the following excerpt from our conversation, the longitudinal study that made his career -- the one documented in his book with Harold Moss Birth to Maturity -- was a huge gamble and one that … Continue reading Dr. Jerome Kagan and the Journey to create Birth to Maturity →