by Eric Haseltine | Jan 5, 2018 | Psychology Today
Learn to see where others are blind The young engineer was madly in love, so he felt a special thrill when his date laid the back of her head on his lap to gaze up at the stars. It was a clear, moonless night and the twenty-something couple sat on the grass in a... 
by Eric Haseltine | Dec 14, 2017 | Psychology Today
Scientific Findings that are Out of This World When I was an Associate Director of National Intelligence in 2006, a CBS News producer visited my office in Washington DC to explore doing a 60 minutes segment about me. The producer thought my career as... 
by Eric Haseltine | Nov 3, 2017 | Psychology Today
The “Deep State” Warns Us About Shallow Thinking Why yesterday’s psychology has wrecked today’s politics. Originally Published In Psychology Today The air in the Starbucks on Alameda Avenue in Burbank, California, the home of Warner Brothers,... 
by Eric Haseltine | Oct 6, 2017 | Psychology Today
Unconscious Cues That Define Sexual Attractiveness Invisible forces that determine who we want and who wants us. Originally Published In Psychology Today The French say, “je ne sais quoi” (literally, “I don’t know what”) when describing a certain... 
by Eric Haseltine | Aug 4, 2017 | Psychology Today
The Surprising Psychology of Kissing And, for that matter, why do we hold hands? Originally Published In Psychology Today Why do we kiss our lovers on the lips? We could show romantic passion by rubbing foreheads, locking elbows, or by turning back-to-back and bumping...
Dr. Eric Haseltine is an author, futurist, and neuroscientist. He has held senior executive positions in private industry and the public sector, including serving as the associate director and CTO for national intelligence at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Eric holds 15 patents in optics, special effects, and electronic media. He has published in Discover magazine, Brain Research and Society for Neuroscience Proceedings, and Psychology Today. His books include Long Fuse, Big Bang, The Listening Cure, with Dr. Chris Gilbert, and Brain Safari.