Follow me as I journey across the world to converse with influential Psychologists
Really good decisions tend to "good" because they are the summative outcome of multiple determining factors. Hence when considering what to do for a sabbatical project, I tried to craft something that would incorporate multiple interests and that weigh the real and probabilistic consequences of those choices to determine the best approach. Having said that, … Continue reading Side Note: Australia and New Zealand Highlights
Dr. Max Coltheart has drawn together people and ideas to form an understanding of thought and belief systems. He has done so with studies of visual perception, speech and language processes, computational modeling, clinical patients and their delusions, and a range of other fascinating phenomena. While Dr. Coltheart is Australian, his career has taken him … Continue reading The Polythematic Approach of Dr. Max Coltheart
As a young man, Dr. Joe Forgas risked his life and liberty to travel from soviet-controlled Hungary to Australia. In doing so, he eventually forged a career that spanned the social and cognitive domains in Psychology, he became an authority on how affect influences decision-making, and he brought an unique voice and influential perspective to … Continue reading An Unobtrusive Conversation with Dr. Joe Forgas
Dr. Richard Bryant is the one to call when you need to understand the impact of a soul-taxing, high-stress, life-on-the-line kind of situation. He's gone on the front line of wildfires with the men and women fighting it, he's worked with emergency medical teams, he's met with refugees at camps and spoken with them as … Continue reading Dr. Richard Bryant Gets it Done
Visiting Sydney and speaking with influential Psychologists at University of New South Wales and Macquarie University was a really incredible experience. Here are some of the images from that visit: The university of New South Wales campus. It is a beautiful, modern, tree-lined area that, even during the New Year's break, was fairly active. I … Continue reading Photo Journey: Sydney
I've been reading, preparing, and engrossing myself in the works of three Sydney-based researchers: Drs. Richard Bryant (UNSW), Max Coltheart (Macquarie), and Joe Forgas (UNSW). In various ways each has developed scholarship demonstrating how our thoughts and the generation of those thoughts are affected by our emotions. Psychology has some history regarding these topics. Or, … Continue reading Psychology: Thinking Small or Big?
