Payal LalMy first two months at a big tech companyToday marks the anniversary of my two months at Linkedin. When I started this new job on Nov 25 2019, I also started my first ever…Jan 25, 2020Jan 25, 2020
Payal LalinCognitive HandshakesAcademia is starting to look a lot like church: How the need for answers is harming psychologyAs a female psychology academic, I found myself in a Facebook group called “Academic Mamas” — a group with tens of thousands of female…Jan 28, 20194Jan 28, 20194
Payal LalinCognitive HandshakesIs there a “you” anymore? A problematic divide between psychology and societyPsychology’s main goal has been to better inform our understanding of human beings using a scientific approach. While this goal remains…Jan 21, 2019Jan 21, 2019
Payal LalinCognitive HandshakesWhen it comes to intelligence, do schools and parents make a difference?It’s all about the genesDec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
Payal LalinCognitive HandshakesIt might be morally OK to eat your dead pet dogWe spend our lives as human beings worrying about doing the right thing, avoiding doing the wrong thing, and judging others on the basis…Dec 1, 2018Dec 1, 2018
Payal LalinCognitive HandshakesThe 100 year history of morality as a scienceMorality has been a scholarly subject for centuries, but only recently has morality become a subject of scientific inquiry. Psychologists…Dec 1, 2018Dec 1, 2018
Payal LalinBehind the Scenes of an Edtech StartupSocial MOOC Taker 2.0Social MOOC Taker (http://smoocer.com/) is a group learning tool to make e-learning more engaging. Here are our latest update and…Apr 5, 2016Apr 5, 2016
Payal LalinBehind the Scenes of an Edtech Startup15 months in: what we’re uptoAbout 15 months ago, we started our journey of creating a social network for e-learners called Social MOOC Taker. The engagement levels in…Mar 3, 2016Mar 3, 2016
Payal Lal7 inspiring habits of my best startup employersI love startups, and I think its partly because I’ve had amazing experiences working/interning at startups that shaped my view of…Oct 24, 2015Oct 24, 2015
Payal LalinBehind the Scenes of an Edtech StartupThe Diary of an Edtech Startup: The Good, Bad and UglyIt was a month after I started Smoocer that I realised it comes under the category of an Edtech startup. Edtech means much more than it…Feb 19, 2015Feb 19, 2015
