Maya Shankar was well on her way to an extraordinary career as a violinist when an injury closed that door. This week, we look at how she wound up... Maya Shankar: From Juilliard To The White House As ...

The cognitive scientist is currently senior director of behavioral economics at Google. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Shankar, a cognitive scientist, served as chair of the behavioral science ...

Yale senior Maya Shankar, who was named a Rhodes Scholar in November, can add membership in the 2007 “All-USA College Academic Team,” sponsored by USA Today, to her list of honors and accomplishments.

Maya Shankar was well on her way to a career as a violinist when an injury closed that door. This week, as part of our annual You 2.0 series on... You 2.0: Loss And Renewal As a young girl, Maya ...

Shankar, who served as Senior Advisor in President Barack Obama’s White House, is a cognitive scientist who studies how and why we change and the series looks at how people navigate changes of all ...

A week after Donald Trump’s election, a thirty-year-old cognitive scientist named Maya Shankar purchased a plane ticket to Flint, Michigan. Shankar held one of the more unorthodox jobs in the Obama ...

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Maya Shankar, Ph.D., serves as Senior Advisor for the Social and Behavioral Sciences at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In 2014, she created the White House Social and ...

Maya Shankar’s compelling June 29 Opinion essay, “What a musician turned cognitive scientist wants you to know about life,” offered three inspiring life lessons that transcend generations. Adapted ...

Part of the fun in celebrating any anniversary is reminiscing about the past. That's certainly true in the case of From the Top's 10th anniversary, and we've had great fun catching up with performers ...

In 2006, Derek Amato suffered a major concussion from diving into a shallow swimming pool. When he woke up in the hospital, he was different. He discovered he was really good a playing piano. Derek is ...

EXCLUSIVE: A Slight Change of Plans, one of the breakout podcasts of the year, is being adapted as a television documentary series from the team behind docs including Fyre Fraud and LuLaRich. The ...