Book Review: Powerful Teaching

Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning by Pooja K. Agarwal and Patrice M. Bain I had been following @PoojaAgarwal on Twitter for some time before this book’s publication, was familiar with her site www.retrievalpractice.org, and had also heard her on an episode of Bonni Stachowiak’s Teaching in Higher-Ed podcast but I just got around to reading Powerful Teaching, released … Read More

Gina Perry’s “Behind the Shock Machine”

I recently read Gina Perry’s book Behind the Shock Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments which offers a fascinating investigation into Stanley Milgram’s famous experiments on obedience to authority. Perry digs into Milgram’s notes, letters, and book drafts, and also meets with subjects, assistants, and researchers to provide an in-depth look at what is perhaps the best-known … Read More

Hallucinations

I recently finished reading Oliver Sacks’ book Hallucinations. It’s a fascinating look at different types of hallucinatory experiences, from the visual scenes of Charles Bonnet Syndrome to hearing voices and feeling mystical religious ecstasy. In one chapter, Sacks also describes his own youthful experimentation with a number of psychoactive substances (LSD, morning glory seeds, morphine, and more) and he includes stories … Read More