Roger Shepard, a pioneering cognitive scientist, passed away on May 30, 2022. He is perhaps best known for his classic experiments on mental rotation, but also made foundational contributions across a broad range of topics including visual and auditory perception,...
The Cognitive Science Society would like to honor the next generation of cognitive scientists by highlighting this year’s Robert J. Glushko award winners. Each year, undergraduate students across many universities are selected for Robert J. Glushko awards for academic...
The B-17 Bomber, also known as “the flying fortress,” was a four-engine heavy bomber plane used in World War II that became famous for being able to return to base even after sustaining heavy damage. Despite their effectiveness, B-17s had an unfortunate tendency: They...
I have just received the revisions of a colleague on my PhD dissertation, and among all her insightful remarks, one in particular struck me. She wrote that the first person singular pronoun I is very frequent in my text, and suggested that I used more passive or...
The irony of writing about the importance of breaks, on what is historically a ‘day of rest’ (Sunday) is certainly not lost on me. The admission that early career researchers work far beyond their 40 hour a week temporary contracts is widely documented (Bozzon,...
