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Perspectives Invites Additional Articles for “Am I Famous Yet?” Symposium
The November 2016 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science (PPS) includes the symposium “Am I Famous Yet?,” a series of invited articles discussing what factors ought to be taken into account in evaluating the scientific merit of
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Instantaneous Conventions: The Emergence of Flexible Communicative Signals Jennifer Misyak, Takao Noguchi, and Nick Chater Humans are often able to communicate even when they don't share the same language. How is this possible? Participants played a partner-based computer game in which bananas and scorpions were hidden in boxes. The goal of the game was to collect as many bananas as possible, but only one player could see inside the boxes and the other player was the only one who could "choose" the boxes. Players communicated nonverbally using a limited number of white tiles.
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Improving the Reproducibility of Our Research Practices
APS presents a six-part workshop with APS Fellow Brian Nosek, University of Virginia and Executive Director, Center for Open Science (COS), and Courtney Soderberg, COS Statistical and Methodological Consultant.
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Preschoolers’ Expectations Shape How They Interpret Speech
When someone misspeaks or forgets a word, we use our past experience with language to hear what we expect them to say — research suggests 4- and 5-year-old children show this adaptive ability to the same degree that adults do.
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Cultivating Employee Curiosity is Good for Business
New research suggests that a strong sense of curiosity may be one personality trait that can enhance people’s creative problem-solving abilities.
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Major Change in NIH Policy for Clinical Trials Applications
In a significant departure from current practices, NIH has issued new policies relating to grant applications involving clinical trials, including one mandating that all applications involving clinical trials must be in response to a funding opportunity designed for clinical trials.
