During Thursday's momentous City Council debate about reaching an agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays, Council chairwoman Amy Foster offered a psychological explanation for why some of her council colleagues might still be opposed to a deal allowing the team to look outside St. Petersburg. RELATED NEWS/ARCHIVE Hillsborough approves South Shore development despite concerns about Big Bend widening costs 1 Month Ago Hillsborough votes to back Tampa Super Bowl in 2019 or 2020 1 Month Ago A waterfront view: One thing Tampa Bay doesn' t have to worry about 1 Month Ago Foster spoke of  the >>>

publichealthwatchIt is almost a truism among psychological researchers that conservatives are simple-minded and dogmatic. Liberals, meanwhile, are supposed to be more complex and open-minded thinkers. But a new paper is calling those conclusions into question. RELATED ARTICLES How Making a Murderer Helps Explain Liberals' Reaction to the Oregon Standoff Elizabeth Nolan Brown|1.06.16 The Left's Smears on Research That Doesn't Support Their Conclusions John Stossel|12.02.15 The Democrats' Denmark Fetish Ronald Bailey|10.20.15 MORE ARTICLES BY Ronald >>>

As the GDC 2016 lineup begins to come together, organizers would like to highlight a few notable Design track talks you should know about ahead of the March conference. Chief among them is "The Gamer's Brain, Part 2: UX of Onboarding and Player Engagement," Epic Games director of user experience Celia Hodent's follow-up to her popular talk at GDC last year on the psychology of player engagement. Engaging your players within the first few minutes of play is a delicate endeavor, but it's become a critical aspect of development in the era of free-to-play games. Drawing on her experience at Epic >>>