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International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology 21st International Congress
The International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP) 21st International Congress will be held July 17-21, 2012 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The Theme of The Congress is “Nurturing Diversity for Sustainable Development.” For more information visit: http://www.iaccp2012southafrica.co.za/
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Popping a multivitamin can lead to debauchery
msnbc: Taking supplements may lead to poorer health, not because of what they do to your body, but what they do to your mind. When people take supplements they get a false sense of invulnerability, a new study shows. And that can translate into a greater tendency to head down the path of risky behavior. The intriguing study published in Psychological Science, found that people didn’t even need to be given real supplements for this devil-may-care attitude to develop – they just needed to be told they were swallowing something healthful. Read the full story: msnbc
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Sorry, Strivers: Talent Matters
The New York Times: How do people acquire high levels of skill in science, business, music, the arts and sports? This has long been a topic of intense debate in psychology. Research in recent decades has shown that a big part of the answer is simply practice — and a lot of it. In a pioneering study, the Florida State University psychologist K. Anders Ericsson and his colleagues asked violin students at a music academy to estimate the amount of time they had devoted to practice since they started playing.
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Can you catch stress?
AOL UK: Are you surrounded by stressed-out colleagues complaining about their jobs, or friends whining about their boyfriends? Then watch out, because their stress and anxiety is as contagious as a common cold. That's the theory of a leading professor of psychology, Dr Elaine Hatfield, from the University of Hawaii. 'All emotions – joy, fear, sadness and stress – have been shown to be contagious,' she told us. 'It's called "emotional contagion". Read the full story: AOL UK
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Engaging undergrads with Wikipedia
Scientific American: Longtime science blog readers will certainly remember the popular cognitive psychology blog Cognitive Daily, written by Greta and Dave Munger, that had a fantastic five-year run at Scienceblogs. While Dave is still involved in the science blogging community through projects like Research Blogging and Science Seeker, and of course writing his own blogs, Greta has been pushing forward with online science communication in a slightly different way: working with her undergraduate psychology students at Davidson College in updating and improving psychology-related entries on Wikipedia.
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Southwestern Psychological Association 2012 Meeting
SWPA 2012 will be held April 12-14, 2012 in Oklahoma City, OK. For more information visit: http://www.swpsych.org/index.php
