Harvard professor and author Steven Pinker writes about why people get stuck as pessimists and how to get out of that mindset.

Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker said there was a "grain of truth" to President Donald Trump's argument that Harvard University was a "liberal mess." "President Trump has described Harvard ...

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In his new book, The Stuff of Thought, psychologist Steven Pinker sorts through some of the paradoxes of profanity. He points out that in a... Steven Pinker Comes to the 'F' Word's Defense In his new ...

More than 100 students filtered into Harvard Hillel for their annual latke versus hamantasch debate, expecting to hear speeches on the merits of the classic Jewish holiday foods from professors Steven ...

Psychologist Steven Pinker's book The Better Angels of Our Nature explains that the world is actually growing less violent, even though the media... Despite The Headlines, Steven Pinker Says The World ...

Steven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is ...