Murray Forbes’Hollow Triumphhas an interesting idea for a book: Henry Mueller is a failed medical student and small-time chiseler with an over-sized ego, fresh out of prison when he discovers he bears an amazing resemblance to Viktor Bartok, a prominent psychologist. Readers of this sort of ...
Tom also credited his support team, two members of which–strength coach Angus Ross and sports psychologist John Quinn–have been with him for years. “They challenge me,” Tom said. “Whether it’s by changing up my training programs or getting me to think outside the box.” His ultimate...
It is hard to find two of its professors who agree, and when the phenomenon is encountered it usually turns out that one of them is not a psychologist at all, but simply a teacher of psychology. … Not even anthropology offers a larger assortment of conflicting theories, or a more gaudy...
Indeed, if a psychologist wants to rate as a scientist he must study rats, not human beings. In zoology the same rules apply. It is much more respectable to dissect muscle tissues in a laboratory than to observe the behaviour of a living animal in its natural habitat. ...
You aren’t alone. In its 19 August issue devoted to stories about humor,The New Yorkerresurrected Tad Friend’s 2002 coverage of the efforts of UK psychologist Richard Wiseman (not wiseguy, note) to identify the world’s funniest joke. (You can read abouthis team’s work here.) Not so...
The Modern Nonna said that the recipe reminds her of back home, but for me it's a reminder that I still have so much to learn about cooking eggs. View Comments bulgariantoast cheesetoast cheeseytoast eggdishes eggs toast 13-Jan-2025 55 0 0 0 Read More » Facebook X Email Copy Lin...
Organizational psychologist and author, Adam Grant, often points to the distractions that keep us divided or on edge with each other. He gives wise counsel. Photo Credit: Screenshot, Adam Grant, X I also have friends who have pretty much ghosted me over the same views. Conversation is just...
The previous book by Egan reviewed here,The Psychologist’s Shadow, also featured a significant psychological component, and the author handles these issues with great sensitivity. Itʼs an extreme case study, yes, as well as a reminder of how badly the world treats the most vulnerable among...
To the great benefit of generations of writers and readers, he also inspired the adjective “Jamesian”—a word that sometimes refers to the work of his brother, psychologist and philosopher William James, but just as often describes the virtues of Henry James’s writing: the intricacy and del...