On the Web we all become small-town visitors lost in the big city.

Developmental scientists like me explore the basic science of learning by designing controlled experiments.

I'm culturally Jewish but, like most scientists, an atheist: I don't believe there's a God or supernatural world. Buddhism offers guidance on what to do in a world without God: It opines that truly being present in the world‚ experiencing and hanging out with your loved ones, provides all the significance you could want.

On the Web we all become small-town visitors lost in the big city.

Adults tend to think they have much free will. Kids younger than six are less sure. They may be more realistic!

I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.

To support the people we care about is intrinsic, it is not instrumental. It's not something we do because we're hoping to get some other outcome.