I did not intend it but my life has been a living dialectic. Raised in a family of both academic and political background, I sustained myself with academic work for a half century but interspersed that livelihood with what I felt were necessary forays into the real world of politics. Overeducated, with both a J.D. and a Ph.D. in political science, I found myself teaching politics in such a way that almost forced me to go before the public to promote the ideas I espoused behind the ivy.In 1977, for example, my Anti-Authoritarian Personality completed the principal model that linked psychology with >>>

Every year, millions of people around the world make New Year’s resolutions. And every year, the great majority of us break and abandon those resolutions. Self-control is a major problem for many of us, so failure to maintain our resolutions isn’t surprising. But is it inevitable? Is there anything we can do to make it more likely that we stick to our resolve? Psychology research can help: here are four things you can do to make it more likely that, this year, you maintain your resolutions. Intentions, constructions and bundles First, >>>

Treating battle-weary World War II soldiers as they fought their way toward Germany prepared Julian Meltzoff for a life in clinical psychology that would help scores of American veterans cope with the trauma inflicted by the conflicts that followed. Therapeutic programs researched and developed after the war at the VA outpatient clinic in Brooklyn by the former Army staff sergeant, who served three years on the front lines in the 102nd Infantry Division, would lead to talk therapy being established as the national model for treating veterans with what is now known as post-traumatic stress disorder, >>>

NMSU psychology professor Michael Hout and graduate assistant Arryn Robbins demonstrate how they use an eye-tracker system to conduct experiments that examine eye movements and pupillometry.(Photo: Photo by Darren Phillips)LAS CURCES — According to preliminary research conducted by New Mexico State University’s Vision Sciences and Memory Laboratory, two heads may not always be better than one.“We’re looking at how working with a teammate affects behavior,” said Michael Hout, assistant professor of psychology and lead investigator on the project. “There are certain aspects of search >>>