This week: Declines in cancer, the significance of hospitals, climate & religion, bird maps, gender pay gaps, intelligence & personality, the pyramids of Giza, fun history podcasts, and more.
Thank you for this! This was just lovely to read over my morning coffee.
I think a lot about how personality interacts with intellectual development. Betting there's potential to improve academic outcomes there. Can treating childhood anxiety increase intelligence? If you do more to inspire imagination in lower openness students, can that boost their cognitive devel?
It's common to tailor students' educational experiences based on cognitive tests, but to my knowledge no one tailors their educational experiences based on personality traits that might influence cognitive development.
Congrats on submitting your PhD! I'm in the final 3 months of writing mine. Enjoyed reading this - thanks
> I included a cat pun here at first but then I deleted it to save you from wincing
Fair enough, but now I want to know what it was
Ditto, and great newsletter! Glad I found this!
Congrats on submitting! I loved reading this :)
Congratulations on submitting! The worst bit should now be over, with very high probability.
Great newsletter, subscribed. Kudos!
Thank you for this! This was just lovely to read over my morning coffee.
I think a lot about how personality interacts with intellectual development. Betting there's potential to improve academic outcomes there. Can treating childhood anxiety increase intelligence? If you do more to inspire imagination in lower openness students, can that boost their cognitive devel?
It's common to tailor students' educational experiences based on cognitive tests, but to my knowledge no one tailors their educational experiences based on personality traits that might influence cognitive development.
Re demography maybe you’ll find something useful here https://www.philipncohen.com/teaching
Philip Jenkins recently wrote a fantastic book on climate change and religiosity, if you’re interested!