Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova is the author of the Times best-seller “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes,” which was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction, and “The Confidence Game,” about the psychology of the con. She has also worked as a producer for “Charlie Rose” and has contributed numerous articles and essays to the Times, Scientific American Mind, and the Web sites of The Atlantic and The New Republic, among other publications.
Remembering Walter Mischel, with Love and Procrastination
Mischel, the creator of the famous marshmallow test, believed that humans are the most complicated, nuanced things that exist.
The Enduring Allure of the Personality Quiz
From Hippocrates’ four humors to the omnipresent Myers-Briggs, personality assessments and predictions promise to categorize human nature.
How Norms Change
The work of a MacArthur-grant-winning psychologist explains how the unthinkable becomes acceptable—and how the change can be reversed.
Remembering Walter Mischel, with Love and Procrastination
Mischel, the creator of the famous marshmallow test, believed that humans are the most complicated, nuanced things that exist.
The Enduring Allure of the Personality Quiz
From Hippocrates’ four humors to the omnipresent Myers-Briggs, personality assessments and predictions promise to categorize human nature.
How Norms Change
The work of a MacArthur-grant-winning psychologist explains how the unthinkable becomes acceptable—and how the change can be reversed.