New book on motivation myths by Wendy Grolnick Ben Heddy Frank Worrell teaches about the actual science of motivation and how you can use it in your life: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/findin… Psychology Today

The pickle mascot at a senior pickleball tournament

Congrats to Matt!

Our article on the Spatial Reasoning Toolkit is out: doi.org/10.1177/107621… Most practitioners find the Toolkit "very useful" or "extremely useful". Includes three case studies from users of the Toolkit. Early Childhood Maths For more on spatial reasoning: vimeo.com/882570233

Mind the COVID-19 gap: Elite universities failed to grasp the pandemic needs of minority and lower-income students, finds a sociologist: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

For Science Magazine, Jonathan Wai reviews Anthony Abraham Jack’s Class Dismissed (on-sale today!): hubs.ly/Q02L5Z5l0

Urgent Help Needed for Flood Relief in My Home Region: Hello friends, (1) A sudden and devastating flood has struck my home region, causing immeasurable loss. This area hasn't experienced flooding of this magnitude in over 100 years!

I just cant pick my kids up anymore

The importance of spatial thinking in schools: forbes.com/sites/jonathan… Dr. Joni Lakin David Uttal Emily Farran

🤯 This is real, done by serious scientists, and absolutely amazing.

"From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between... seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature" orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-fou…

"These results suggest that political endorsement by scientific journals can undermine and polarize public confidence in the endorsing journals and the scientific community." nature.com/articles/s4156…

Can pursuing a PhD impact mental health? forbes.com/sites/jonathan…

"Those who do not know their history remain children." -Carl Öhman in The afterlife of data

Should I grab this diet coke? Feels like a trap.