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Convention Video Blog: How Can Wii Help?
The cameras are rolling at the APS 24th Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Jessica A. Stansbury of Towson University presented her research "How Can Wii Help? Video Gaming Increases Course Knowledge and Engagement" at the Teaching Institute Poster Session Thursday, May 24. The effectiveness of video gaming to supplement instruction of descriptive statistics and factorial designs in a research methods course was evaluated. Students designed studies involving their scores from two Wii video games. Students’ actual knowledge increased significantly, and they reported high levels of engagement with the material.
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Convention Highlights — Friday
Selected sessions from Friday's program SPOTLIGHT: Cross-Cutting Theme Program 9:00 AM – 12:45 PM: Disaster, Response, and Recovery Sheraton Ballroom IV Theme Program Speakers: George A. Bonanno, Silvia H. Koller, Lisa M. Shin, Dirk Helbing, Edna B. Foa 9:30 AM - 10:25 AM: Naked Truth Part I: Getting into Graduate School Chicago Ballroom VIII APS Student Caucus Speakers: Kris Gunawan, Emily Cohen-Shikora, Liz Goldstein, James Hodge, David Miller, Jessica Tessler SPOTLIGHT: Award Addresses 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM: The Surprising Power of Retrieval Practice in Improving Retention: From the Lab to the Classroom Sheraton Ballroom III APS Award Address Speaker: Henry L.
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Questionable Research Practices Surprisingly Common
Not all scientific misconduct is flat-out fraud. Much falls into the murkier realm of “questionable research practices.” A new study finds that in one field, psychology, these practices are surprisingly common. The survey of more than 2,000 research psychologists, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that most have engaged in at least one of the questionable practices at some point in their career. “There have been some very widely publicized cases of outright fraud,” says Leslie K. John of Harvard Business School.
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Studies probe why people choke in clutch situations
Scripps Howard News Service: When the typically solid free-throw sinker fails to find net in a close game's waning minutes, when the firm's best deal-sealer falters in the final round of negotiations, when a baseball team's closer becomes a blow-ser in the final inning -- the choke talk begins. Psychologists and brain scientists have been working for years to understand why talented, competent people don't rise to the occasion in clutch situations.
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¿Por qué movemos los ojos al pensar?
Yahoo! España: Vas caminando por la calle, un extraño te para y te pregunta cómo llegar a algún punto alejado. Indefectiblemente te detienes a pensar, y tus ojos se mueven involuntariamente a lugares a los que ni siquiera miras en realidad. Llamamos a estos rápidos movimientos oculares sacádicos, y a día de hoy desconocemos su por qué. Investigaciones pasadas, sugerían que los que los movimientos de los ojos hacia la derecha, provocados por el hemisferio cerebral opuesto, se dan cuando una cuestión necesita obtener pensamiento verbal, mientras que los movimientos de los ojos hacia la izquierda implican que el problema requiere del empleo de imágenes visuales.
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Les mathématiques des sites de rencontre
Agence Science-Presse: Incroyable, mais vrai: il se glisserait des erreurs dans les sites web de rencontre. Cinq psychologues américains ont voulu creuser scientifiquement une épineuse question: quelle est l’efficacité d’un site de rencontre? Car ces sites ont beau se compter par milliers, de la grande multinationale jusqu’à la petite entreprise locale, ils n’en sont pas moins sur la même longueur d’onde: tous affirment que leur méthode pour trouver un partenaire est supérieure aux méthodes «traditionnelles» —celles du lointain 20e siècle. Qu’en est-il réellement?
