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There's evidence that power actually changes the way the brain sees others, decreasing recognition of others' concerns.   Power corrupts, and we know exactly what it corrupts: empathy. The narcissistic mind keen on building fiefdoms has trouble seeing the effect of its actions on others. When at the University of Kent, researcher Ana Guinote found that powerful people tend to ignore peripheral data and don't process information about the less...

Researchers are surprising themselves with their breakthroughs in mind-reading experiments. There already are several demonstrations of researchers being able to 'see' the images a person's brain is seeing with frightening ease and accuracy using the widely available EEG. A neural network is presented with thousands of images and their characteristics made into short work of learning. The algorithm is then taught to match the characteristics with recorded EEG patterns. In...

Schools usually focus on teaching comprehension skills instead of general knowledge—even though education researchers know better Every two years, education-policy wonks gear up for what has become a time-honored ritual: the release of the Nation’s Report Card. Officially known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, the data reflect the results of reading and math tests administered to a sample of students across the country. Experts generally consider...

Americans are not good readers. Many blame the ubiquity of digital media. We’re too busy on Snapchat to read, or perhaps internet skimming has made us incapable of reading serious prose. But Americans’ trouble with reading predates digital technologies. The problem is not bad reading habits engendered by smartphones, but bad education habits engendered by a misunderstanding of how the mind reads. Just how bad is our reading problem? The...