Scientists Making a Difference
Subtitle: One Hundred Eminent Behavioral and Brain Scientists Talk about Their Most Important Contributions
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9781107566378
Subjects: Psychology; Neurosciences
Description: This is a fascinating collection of first-person narratives from the top psychological scientists of the modern era. These readable essays highlight the most important contributions to theory and research in psychological science, show how the greatest psychological scientists formulate and think about their work, and illustrate how their ideas develop over time. In particular, the authors address what they consider their most important scientific contribution, how they got the idea, how the idea matters for the world beyond academic psychology, and what they would like to see as the next steps in research.