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Gesturing Can Boost Children’s Creative Thinking
Two experiments suggest that encouraging children to use gestures as they think can help them come up with more creative ideas.
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Summer Institute in Social-Science Genomics
The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) will sponsor the 2nd Summer Institute in Social-Science Genomics at the Pepper Tree Inn in Santa Barbara, California, from June 11–23, 2017. The purpose of this 2-week workshop is to introduce graduate students and beginning faculty in economics, sociology, psychology, statistics, genetics, and other disciplines to the methods of social-science genomics — the analysis of genomic data in social science research.
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The Trait That Turns Some Bosses into Micromanagers
Individuals who felt powerless, despite a high-ranking leadership position, were far less likely to share decision-making authority with their subordinates.
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Image of ‘Typical’ Welfare Recipient Linked With Racial Stereotypes
People tend to imagine the ‘typical’ welfare recipient as someone who is African American and who is lazier and less competent than someone who doesn’t receive welfare benefits, studies show.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science: Metacognitive and Metamemory Beliefs in the Development and Maintenance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Melanie K. T. Takarangi, Rashelle A. Smith, Deryn Strange, and Heather D. Flowe Metacognition refers to the beliefs we have about the way we think. People who have maladaptive metacognitive beliefs after experiencing a trauma have been found to have greater levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomology.
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Illusion Reveals that the Brain Fills in Peripheral Vision
What we see in the periphery, just outside the direct focus of the eye, may sometimes be a visual illusion, research shows.