Amodio

Ms. Amodio of PBandU says it wasn't difficult selling her idea to Pennsylvania REIT.

Malls Make Room for Start-Ups A.D. Pruitt 2011

PBandU was founded by Mercury Amodio, a former music executive who says she got the idea on road trips with her father.

Malls Make Room for Start-Ups A.D. Pruitt 2011

This brain activity, localized to the limbic system, underlies the ability to "detect that something's wrong with an ongoing pattern of behavior and then change it," according to Amodio, who linked "greater liberalism" to this region of the brain.

The Real Roots of Political Attitudes? 2008

Amodio shows that when prejudice escapes -- despite the neocortex's best efforts -- people become more vigilant in situations in which they might again express bias.

Dr. Laura's apology and the science of racism Rachel Dry 2010

Liberals and conservatives performed similarly on the habitual task, which is "super easy," according to lead researcher David Amodio, a psychologist at New York University.

Archive 2008-11-01 2008

Liberals and conservatives performed similarly on the habitual task, which is "super easy," according to lead researcher David Amodio, a psychologist at New York University.

The Real Roots of Political Attitudes? 2008

Amodio focuses on how our brains are wired to make snap judgments on race.

Dr. Laura's apology and the science of racism Rachel Dry 2010

In his research, Amodio could see that people who had expressed prejudice in some way, and were trying not to do so again, experienced heightened activity in the part of their brain associated with greater self-control.

Dr. Laura's apology and the science of racism Rachel Dry 2010

We can't ignore these judgments, Amodio writes; our brains will never be "color blind."

Dr. Laura's apology and the science of racism Rachel Dry 2010

I met and spoke with Mark Amodio (Vassar) -- the great scholar of oral formulaic theory (the theory which accounts for and studies the markers of oral composition in Old English) -- for the first time.

Quote of the Day, or, Friday Night Gets Theoretical Mary Kate Hurley 2008