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Testing and Spacing Both Aid Memory
Research suggests that restudying material can be a useful learning strategy, especially if that restudying is spaced out in time.
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Driving With a Hangover Just as Dangerous as Driving Drunk
Driving home with a hangover may be just as dangerous as driving after too many glasses of champagne, according to a sobering new study. A team of researchers, led by Utrecht University psychopharmacologist Joris Verster, found that even when drivers’ blood alcohol levels returned to zero the morning after a night of partying, they showed the same degree of driving impairment as drivers who were intoxicated. “The hangover develops when blood alcohol concentration (BAC) returns to zero and is characterized by a feeling of general misery that may last up to 20 hours after alcohol consumption,” the researchers write.
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Accreditation Summiteers in Agreement on Change
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23rd Annual RAND Summer Institute
23rd Annual RAND Summer Institute, July 11-14, 2016, Santa Monica, CA. Two conferences addressing critical issues facing our aging population: Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists; Workshop on the Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging. Interested researchers can apply for financial support covering travel and accommodations. More information and application form: www.rand.org/labor/aging/rsi.html.
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Las redes sociales en la tercera edad: sopesando los efectos positivos y negativos para la salud y el bienestar
Karen S. Rook[1] Universidad de California, Irvine Originalmente publicado en: Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 24 (1), 45-51, 2015. Traducción de: Alejandro Franco Correo: [email protected] Resumen Las redes sociales brindan un conjunto de experiencias positivas y negativas. Los miembros de la red pueden brindar ayuda en tiempos de necesidad así como compañía en el día a día, pero también se pueden comportar de maneras desconsideradas, hirientes o intrusivas. Los investigadores deben abordar estos temas con miras a desarrollar un entendimiento comprensivo sobre cómo los vínculos en las redes sociales afectan la salud y el bienestar.
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Opportunity Cost Neglect Attenuates the Effect of Choices on Preferences Adam Eric Greenberg and Stephen A. Spiller When someone makes a decision, the cost of not choosing the second-best alternative is called the opportunity cost. In some cases, such as in "whether-or-not" decisions (e.g., to go to a movie or not), opportunity costs may not be apparent, whereas in others, such as "which-one" decisions (e.g., whether to go to a movie or go to a play), they are made explicit.
