Linda: The myth of Pygmalion is told in Ovid's Metaphorphoses. Pygmalion was a gifted young sculptor in Cyprus who fell in love with a statue he had carved. Pygmalion had strong misgivings about women ...

In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was an artist who fell in love with one of his ivory sculptures of a woman and prayed to the gods to give her life. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, feeling pity for ...

The Pygmalion effect essentially posits that the greater the expectations placed on a person, the better he or she performs. Presented here is an exploration of how the Pygmalion effect translates to ...

The Pygmalion effect is not just a psychological curiosity, but a relational dynamic that cuts across all fields of learning. A look back at scientific studies on the Pygmalion effect, named after the ...

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. In the story told by the Roman poet Ovid, Pygmalion is a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has ...