Why are middle-aged white Americans dying at increasing rates? Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton has uncovered startling data that show mortality numbers are climbing for this group. How can we buck the trend?
Daphna Oyserman and Oliver Fisher take a look at what motivates and demotivates students in “The Conversation.” They found that how a person reacts to challenges – and even ease – can impact their academic success.
Social media and other digital channels are providing platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Snapchat, where nearly anyone can make his or her voice heard. The result is ample opportunity for each of us to reap the rewards — or consequences — of our online identities.
A Department of Education grant awarded to psychologist Daphna Oyserman will help turn a research-based program into a tool that boosts school children’s academic success.
Daphna Oyserman of the USC Dornsife Center for Mind and Society finds that unexpected moments make people better thinkers.
USC and China researchers’ findings of ‘left-behind’ children in China could apply to children anywhere enduring adverse situations.
By thinking in terms of days instead of years, we’re more likely to achieve our goals, psychologist Daphna Oyserman finds.
Dean’s Professor of Psychology Daphna Oyserman’s new book explains why young children’s imagined futures matter for current action.
Social science researchers from USC and the Brookings Institution convene to discuss how behavioral and policy changes can improve people’s overall health.
