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...It’s true that psychoanalysis is not part of the mainstream psychology curriculum at Harvard or most other major universities,” said psychology professor Steven Pinker, who teaches the Core course Science B-62, “The Human Mind: Introduction to Mind, Brain, and Behavior...
Even if psychologists tend to consider many of Freud’s theories "preposterous," Pinker nevertheless makes sure to introduce his students to psychoanalysis...
...Harvard for MIT, it would be latest chapter in a long history of faculty moves between the two schools. In recent years, Harvard has attracted many top scholars from MIT, including behavioral economist Sendhil Mullainathan in 2004 and psychologists Elizabeth Spelke ’71 in 2001 and Steven Pinker in 2003. Harvard’s previous president, Lawrence H. Summers, came to Harvard as an economics professor from MIT, becoming at age 28 one of the youngest tenured professors in the University’s history...
More than 150 people packed into the Fong Auditorium yesterday evening to listen to psychology professor Stephen Pinker explain that the process of writing is in fact an exercise in psychology. Pinker gave his speech—“Writing as Psychology”—to celebrate the release of the 2006-2007 issue of “Exposé: Essays from the Expository Writing Program.” Pinker stressed the importance of conciseness while highlighting former Tufts President Jean Mayer’s 1982 statement, “Men with guns never starve...
Throughout history, the best minds have struggled to define what music is for. To Pythagoras, it was the sound of mathematical, cosmic harmony reverberating in the human soul; to Darwin, a function of sexual selection; to psychologist Steven Pinker, it is a kind of "auditory cheesecake ... crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of at least six of our mental faculties." Like life itself, music is universally experienced yet ultimately eludes explanation...