Events

Johanna Mollerstrom, PhD Associate Professor of Economics George Mason University   Can Simple Advice Eliminate the Gender Gap in Willingness to Compete?   As a recent literature has demonstrated, men and women differ in their willingness to sort into competitive environments. In particular, men are more willing than women to compete. We investigate whether it […]

Michael Platt Departments of Marketing, Psychology, Neuroscience   How marketing exploits our social brains   Each year, the CNS Public Talk Series highlights an issue or theme. The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are featuring faculty from four of Penn’s schools, presenting their research into the social implications of neuroscience. […]

Joseph Hill National Technical Institute for the Deaf   The Past, Present, and Future of Black ASL   The historical and linguistic changes in Black ASL align with the U.S. educational, political, and cultural landscapes which are identified as the sociolinguistic and geographical factors in the formation of Black ASL. As the recognizable part of […]