Tag: Penn State
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The Academic Minute for 2016.07.11-07.15
Academic Minute from 7.11 – 7.15 Monday, July 11th John Henderson – University of California Davis Your Brain on Reading Dr. John M. Henderson is a professor of psychology and core research member of the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. He studies visual cognition, with a focus on reading…
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Susan Loeb, Penn State University – End of Life Care in Prisons
Health care needs don’t stop when you’re behind bars. Susan Loeb, Associate Professor of Nursing at Penn State University, examines end of life care for those in prison. Dr. Loeb’s program of research focuses on the health needs and issues of older inmates with chronic health conditions including those with advanced chronic illnesses who are…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.07.11)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.7.11 Monday, July 11 John Henderson of the University of California Davis discusses what’s going on in your brain while you’re reading. Tuesday, July 12 Anthony Corbeill of the University of Kansas delves into why certain objects have male names or female names. Wednesday, July 13 Susan Loeb of…
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Susan Brantley, Penn State – Hydraulic Fracturing Concerns
Is fracking harmful to our planet or is it worth the economic boon it brings? Susan Brantley, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, is studying the water in areas where fracking occurs. Susan Brantley is a distinguished professor of geosciences and director of the Earth and Environmental Institute at Penn State. Her research…
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Bruce Logan, Penn State – Spit Power
Chemists at Penn State University and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University have discovered that small medical testers—things like glucose and ovulation sensors—could soon be powered by your own saliva. – Vocativ.com (4.22.2014) This sounds like science fiction, but Bruce Logan, a biomedical engineer at PSU, is unlocking the power held in saliva. Dr. Bruce Logan is…
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David Rosenbaum, Penn State – Precrastination
People cite procrastination as a major factor influencing productivity in a negative way. Dr. David Rosenbaum, a psychologist at Penn State University, has coined the term precrastination. Precrastination is roughly the opposite of procrastination. When one procrastinates, they put off what needs to be done until a later time. When one precrastinates, they jump directly…