Current Directions in Psychological Science
Volume 18, Number 5 · October 2009
Aging and Information Technology Use: Potential and Barriers
Neil Charness and Walter R. Boot
Cognition Without Control: When a Little Frontal Lobe Goes a Long Way
Sharon L. Thompson-Schill, Michael Ramscar, and Evangelia G. Chrysikou
Compensatory Control: Achieving Order Through the Mind, Our Institutions, and the Heavens
Aaron C. Kay, Jennifer A. Whitson, Danielle Gaucher, and Adam D. Galinsky
Socioeconomic Status and Health: What Is the Role of Reserve Capacity?
Linda C. Gallo, Karla Espinosa de los Monteros, and Smriti Shivpuri
The Importance of Sound for Cognitive Sequencing Abilities: The Auditory Scaffolding Hypothesis
Christopher M. Conway, David B. Pisoni, and William G. Kronenberger
Social Emotions and Intertemporal Choice: “Hot� Mechanisms for Building Social and Economic Capital
David DeSteno
The Role of Parental Control in Children’s Development in Western and East Asian Countries
Eva M. Pomerantz and Qian Wang
From Fragments to Geometric Shape: Changes in Visual Object Recognition Between 18 and 24 Months
Linda B. Smith
The Pursuit of Status in Social Groups
Cameron Anderson and Gavin J. Kilduff
Alternatives to Randomized Experiments
Stephen G. West