Clifton B. Parker

If society is serious about curbing obesity, especially in children, then it must adopt policies that confront obesity ...

US national security faces rising challenges from insider threats and organizational rigidity, says political scientist Amy Zegart.

Summer jobs for high school and college students can boost their academic performance, especially when they work jobs ...

When a child wins the “birth lottery” by being born into a higher-income family, the economic payoff is ...

If countries and farmers make adjustments in what crops they grow and where, then the effects of climate ...

Patients don't so much want their doctor to know how they feel. Instead they want their doctors to ...

Nearly 70 scientists have issued a statement saying they're skeptical about claims that computer-based "brain games" actually help ...

Democrats and Republicans are increasingly split along political party lines, and new research suggests those partisan sentiments are ...

The sense that you’re not the only one tackling a challenge—even if you’re physically alone—can increase motivation, say ...

New research uses computer modeling to understand how people communicate with nonliteral language, such as metaphors, hyperboles, and ...

When you pursue concretely framed goals, your expectations of success are more likely to be met in reality. ...

Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, was known for his walking meetings. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has also ...

Pursuing concrete goals, like making a friend smile, rather than general ones, like making a friend happy, is ...

Word choice in online restaurant reviews reveals a lot about people’s inner worlds, according to new research. The ...