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Art Markman Ph.D.

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Art Markman, Ph.D., is Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. He got his Sc.B. in Cognitive Science from Brown and his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois. He has published over 150 scholarly works on topics in higher-level thinking including the effects of motivation on learning and performance, analogical reasoning, categorization, decision making, and creativity. Art serves as the director of the program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas. He spent 9 years as executive editor of the journal Cognitive Science and currently serves as a member of the editorial board of Cognitive Psychology. Art is also co-host of the radio show and podcast Two Guys on Your Head produced by KUT Radio in Austin.

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How Broken Streaks Sap Motivation

Streaks are a part of the gamification toolkit. While the prospect of maintaining a streak can help someone keep going, breaking it can sap their motivation and drive.

Streaks are a part of the gamification toolkit. While the prospect of maintaining a streak can help someone keep going, breaking it can sap their motivation and drive.

Do Belonging Interventions for College Students Work?

Success in college depends on being able to overcome difficulties. A feeling of belonging promotes this resilience. A new study suggests that a simple intervention may help.

Success in college depends on being able to overcome difficulties. A feeling of belonging promotes this resilience. A new study suggests that a simple intervention may help.

For Bilinguals, Identity Is Influenced by Language

For people who speak more than one language, there can be subtle effects of language on thinking that can affect a person's identity in each language they speak.

For people who speak more than one language, there can be subtle effects of language on thinking that can affect a person's identity in each language they speak.

Recommendations You Hear Are Particularly Persuasive

You are constantly exposed to recommendations for products and services. Does it matter whether those recommendations are written or spoken?

You are constantly exposed to recommendations for products and services. Does it matter whether those recommendations are written or spoken?

How Children Learn When to Punish Others

People learn a lot about how to navigate the world from others rather than having behavior programmed in. Learning how to punish others is a case in point.

People learn a lot about how to navigate the world from others rather than having behavior programmed in. Learning how to punish others is a case in point.

Early Learning Slows Later Cognitive Decline

The brain, like all areas of the body, eventually begins to weaken. Education and other kinds of learning may slow its decline.

The brain, like all areas of the body, eventually begins to weaken. Education and other kinds of learning may slow its decline.

People Can Learn to Appreciate the Discomfort of Learning

Learning new things often requires some amount of discomfort. Just because something feels uncomfortable, though, doesn’t mean that it is bad for you.

Learning new things often requires some amount of discomfort. Just because something feels uncomfortable, though, doesn’t mean that it is bad for you.

Playing a Musical Instrument Can Make You Smarter

There is a lot of interest in finding ways to help people get smarter and more effective at what they do in life. Does playing a musical instrument help?

There is a lot of interest in finding ways to help people get smarter and more effective at what they do in life. Does playing a musical instrument help?

What Happens When Blind People Get Vision Correction?

The brain comes prepared to perceive the world. What happens when the brain doesn't get visual input for a decade or more?

The brain comes prepared to perceive the world. What happens when the brain doesn't get visual input for a decade or more?