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Michele W. Berger

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Upcoming Penn symposium tackles obesity, hunger, and other food policy

Upcoming Penn symposium tackles obesity, hunger, and other food policy

Public discussion about food policy often lands on either end of a wide spectrum, with obesity, overeating, and unhealthy diets on one side, and hunger and food insecurity on the other.

Michele W. Berger

What Makes Creative People Creative?

What Makes Creative People Creative?

In a small conference room in the basement of a hotel, four comedians, two psychologists, a cartoonist and a seven-time New Yorker caption contest winner sit around a U-shaped table.

Michele W. Berger

Penn Psychologists Find Photos, Videos Result in Similar Understanding of Actions

Penn Psychologists Find Photos, Videos Result in Similar Understanding of Actions

Viewing an action — for example, biting or kicking or punching — in a photo versus a video doesn’t change the understanding of what’s taking place, according to new research from University of Pennsylvania psychologists Russell Epstein,

Michele W. Berger

Understanding how the brain recognizes actions in the visual world

Understanding how the brain recognizes actions in the visual world

Humans can recognize an action like biting regardless of whether they see a man eating a sandwich or a dog gnawing on a bone. But what in the brain helps to explain the innate similarities of the two, and does this reasoning change depending on the visual cues?

Michele W. Berger

Using video games as tools for learning and education

Using video games as tools for learning and education

Ask someone which educational resources could make a sociological impact, and video games likely aren’t the first tools that come to mind.

Michele W. Berger

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