Culture & Society

Do We Really Have Free Will?

April 28, 2016 • 4 min. read

William Klemm has reached some conclusions that he thinks will help clear up some confusion caused by multiple experiments on free will in the last few decades and includes them in a new book.

Opening up about an assault to a professional can help the victim cope with the experience, take away the fear of what lies ahead of them, and may help prevent future assaults on campus.

A Texas A&M University professor and her students are using the strong association between memory and the sense of smell in hopes of slowing the progress of dementia by way of “scent painting.”

When your heart breaks, literally.

Health & Environment

What Causes Déjà Vu?

April 13, 2016 • 2 min. read

Glitches in the brain or a glimpse into the future?

In the nationwide discussion of sexual assaults on college campuses, men are often left out of the conversation.

As Texas A&M University embarks on its own culture shift in the fight against sexual violence, it welcomed one of the nation’s leading experts on the subject to campus to begin Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Rafael Lara-Alecio, Regents Professor of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a winner of the Southeastern Conference 2016 Faculty Achievement Award.

Are greener pastures really on the other side of your iPhone screen?

New study indicates students’ cognitive functioning improves when using standing desks.