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Safe Crossings: The Power of Eye Contact
It can be a dangerous world for pedestrians. Studies on French roads report that nearly 60% of drivers do not stop at all for pedestrians crossing the street at designated crosswalks. New research suggests that pedestrians may have a better shot at crossing safely if they make direct eye contact with oncoming drivers. Decades of research have shown that eye contact has a powerful effect in social interactions. People are far more likely to comply with requests — for example, donating money — when the person making the request looks them in the eye.
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Bilingualism and the Aging Brain
Bilingualism appears to have a positive influence cognitive reserve — the way the brain responds to neuropathological damage.
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Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Alan G. Kraut
APS Executive Director Emeritus Alan Kraut reflects on his career and the evolution of the association in this interview with APS Past President Robert Levenson as part of the series “Inside the Psychologist’s Studio.” The interview was recorded live before a group of Kraut's colleagues and friends at the 2015 APS Annual Convention in New York City.
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Feeling Like a Fraud on the Job
Ferdinand Demara is one of history’s most infamous impostors. After serving in the US Army during World War II, Demara masqueraded as a monk, a surgeon, a prison warden, a cancer researcher, a teacher, a civil engineer, a hospital orderly, a sheriff’s deputy, a psychologist, and a minister—faking his credentials at every turn.
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Cuando los Aprendices Más Jóvenes Pueden Ser Mejores (o al Menos de Mente Más Abierta) Que los Mayores
Alison Gopnik1, Thomas L. Griffiths1, y Christopher G. Lucas2 1Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de California en Berkeley 2Universidad de Edinburgo, Reino Unido. Originalmente publicado en: Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol.24 (2), 87-92, 2015. Traducción de: Alejandro Franco (Portal de formación iPsicologia.com) Correo: [email protected] Resumen Describimos un sorprendente patrón evolutivo que encontramos en investigaciones que estudiaron tres diferentes tipos de problemas en diversos rangos de edad. Las evidencias demostraron que los aprendices más jóvenes son mejores que los mayores para aprender principios causales inusuales abstractos.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science: The Unhappy Triad: Pain, Sleep Complaints, and Internalizing Symptoms Erin Koffel, Erin E. Krebs, Paul A. Arbisi, Christopher R. Erbes, and Melissa A. Polusny Chronic pain, sleep complaints, and anxiety/depression are three significant sources of distress that incur great personal and societal costs. Two competing theories describing the relationships among these factors suggest that internalizing symptoms mediate the relationship between sleep complaints and pain or that pain mediates the relationship between sleep complaints and internalizing symptoms.
