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Joseph Kable is mentioned in an op-ed on coping with change, CNN
CNN publishes an opinion on coping with change by Maggie Jackson, that features research associate Jospeh Kable.
November 3, 2023
Joseph Kable presented on the imagination as part of Penn’s Big Ideas for Strange Times
Joseph Kable (PSC/PARC Research Associate) presented on "How the Imagination Works" as part of the Penn SAS
August 16, 2021
Joseph Kable featured in Penn Today
Joseph Kable (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was featured in Penn Today<
May 16, 2021
Joseph Kable featured in Omnia
Joseph Kable (PSC/PARC Research Associate) discusses decision making, safety and levels of risk-taking during the pandemic in the
July 31, 2020
Procrastinating on Climate Change
Omnia interviewed Joseph Kable, PSC & PARC researcher and Baird Term Professor of Psychology, on why humans can’t seem to make the commitment to slow climate change.
January 23, 2019
Are bigger brains smarter? Barely, says study led by Penn scholar
A new study co-led by the Wharton School’s Gideon Nave and PSC & PARC Associate Joseph Kable found that brain size has a slight, but ultimately insignificant, correlation to intelligence in a
January 5, 2019
Diminished Cortical Thickness Is Associated with Impulsive Choice in Adolescence
Joseph Kable and co-authors have published an article in the Journal of Neuroscience about choices adolescents make in relation to brain development.
June 8, 2018
Risk tolerance linked to amygdala and prefrontal cortex brain regions
Joseph Kable and his co-authors' research on risk tolerance linked to amygdala and prefrontal cortex brain regions has just been published in Neuron,
April 6, 2018
Brain Training Has No Effect on Decision-making or Cognitive Function, Penn Researchers Report
Joseph Kable and co-authors at the University of Pennsylvania have publish a study that, not only did commercial brain training with Lumosity™ have no effect on decision-making, it also had no effect on cognitive function beyond practice effects on the trainin
July 9, 2017
Visualizing Future Doesn’t Increase Delayed Gratification, Penn Study Shows
April 12, 2017
Can Brain Games Change Behaviors Long Term?
July 6, 2015
In the Philadelphia Inquirer, Joseph Kable’s research on the effectiveness of "brain games" like Lumosity is highlighted.
In the Philadelphia Inquirer, Joseph Kable's research on the effectiveness of "brain games" like Lumosity is highlighted.
June 6, 2015
Joseph Kable suggests asking your future self for money advice
In the New York Times, Joseph Kable suggests "even brief reveries pondering future events might help reduce [hyperbolic] discounting’s ef
March 24, 2015
Joseph Kable’s research on self-control is discussed in a The New York Times Sunday Review.
Joseph Kable's research on self-control is discussed in a The New York Times Sunday Review.
November 15, 2013
Kable Video: Red Tape Chronicles: Having Trouble Saving? Blame Your Brain
Joeseph Kable is featured in the NBC News Red Tape Chroniclies.
April 2, 2013
Joseph Kable’s research challenges assumptions about the "marshmallow" test.
Joseph Kable's research challenges assumptions about the "marshmallow" test.
March 19, 2013
Joseph Kable has been named the Baird Term Assistant Professor of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences
Joseph Kable has been named the Baird Term Assistant Professor of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences.
February 26, 2013
Caryn Lerman and Joseph Kable have been awarded a $2 million grant through the National Cancer Institute initiative called “Provocative Questions,”
Caryn Lerman and Joseph Kable have been awarded a $2 million grant through the National Cancer Institute initiative called “Provocative Questions,”
October 18, 2012
John MacDonald comments on research about the “crime-fighting ability of trees.”
John MacDonald comments on research about the “crime-fighting ability of trees.”
May 18, 2012