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Faculty members hope Kickstarter campaign can further research on effective leadership
In September 2013, Distinguished University Professor Richard Boyatzis and Anthony Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, philosophy and psychology, discussed using crowdsourcing as a method of raising funds to further their research on effective leadership. Nearly a year later, they are in...
What does it mean to be humane?
Research shows compassion and euthanasia don’t always jibe New research from ӰƵ found that compassion can produce counterintuitive results, challenging prevailing views of empathy’s effects on moral judgment. To understand how humans make moral choices, researchers aske...
Study reveals leaders are wired to be task-focused or team-builders, but can be both
What sort of leader are you? Do you think leading is all about a laser-like focus on the task, watching the bottom line and making sure everyone is doing what they should? Or is it about listening to your team, being open to ideas and perspectives, and inspiring them to find their own niche? Distin...
School of Medicine study shows autistic brains create more information at rest
Possible explanation for “withdrawal into self,” a characteristic of the disorder New research from ӰƵ and University of Toronto neuroscientists finds that the brains of children with autism generate more information at rest—a 42 percent increase on average. The study of...
Family and friends establish scholarship to honor Alexandra Grace Piepho
Nearly a year after first-year student Alexandra “Ally” Piepho died suddenly of natural causes in her Illinois home, her parents have announced a scholarship for ӰƵ undergraduate students in her honor. “Ally was our daughter, our friend, our joy, our hope,” Wendy and Richard Pieph...
Faculty member Anthony Jack to present “A Scientific Case for Conceptual Dualism” at conference today
Anthony Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, philosophy and psychology, will discuss his work investigating why minds and brains are perceived as two different things at the Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference on Friday, Oct. 11, at the University of Buffalo. Jack will pres...
Faculty members Shannon French, Tony Jack to lead next Ethics Table on "Ethics of Killing"
The Ethics Table brown bag lunch series will continue Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Thwing Center Meeting Room A. Shannon French, director of the Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence, and Anthony Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, philosophy and psychology, will l...
Findings force scientists to rethink rules of neuroimaging
Is there a brain area for mind wandering? For religious experience? For re-orienting attention? A recent study casts serious doubt on the evidence for these ideas, and rewrites the rules for neuroimaging. Brain-mapping experiments attempt to identify the cognitive functions associated with discret...
Explore the mind, motives of Norway shooter at Public Affairs Discussion Group
Mark Turner, Institute Professor and professor of cognitive science, and Francis Steen, associate professor of communication studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, will lead this Friday’s Public Affairs Discussion Group. Steen, who will join the discussion via videoconference, and Tu...
Explore military ethics, dehumanizing the enemy at Friday’s Public Affairs Discussion Group
During this Friday’s Public Affairs Discussion Group, faculty members Anthony Jack and Shannon E. French will explore the application of their work on the field of military ethics and the issue of what occurs when enemies are dehumanized. Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, philosophy a...