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Why Aren’t We Smarter?
Astrobiology Magazine: We put a lot of energy into improving our memory, intelligence, and attention. There are even drugs that make us sharper, such as Ritalin and caffeine. But maybe smarter isn’t really all that better. A new paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, warns that there are limits on how smart humans can get, and any increases in thinking ability are likely to come with problems. The authors looked to evolution to understand about why humans are only as smart as we are and not any smarter.
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Individuals Are Removed Of Blame When In Groups
Scientific American: Groupthink is a phenomenon in which the members of a group override their individuality in favor of unanimity. Scholars have ascribed bad decision making to groupthink, for example, in U.S. policy during the Vietnam War. But how do outsiders interpret groupthink when they observe the behavior of a group and its members? A research team had subjects rate groups, such as corporations, sports teams and government parties, about how much the group has its own collective intelligence. Subjects also rated how much each member of the group had a mind of his or her own. Finally, they rated the perceived cohesiveness of the group. Listen here: Scientific American
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The Canadian Psychological Association’s 73rd Annual Convention
CPA’s 73rd Annual Convention will be held June 14-16, 2012 at the World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For more information visit: http://www.cpa.ca/convention/
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38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology
The 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology will be held June 21-24 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. For more information visit: http://www.socphilpsych.org/meetings.html
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33rd Society of Behavioral Medicine Meeting
The 33rd Annual Meeting & Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine will be help April 11-12, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. For more information visit: http://www.sbm.org/meetings/2012
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2012 Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences
The 2012 annual meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences will be a joint meeting with the Sociedad Española de Psicología Experimental held at the University of Liège, Belgium on May 10-11, 2012. For more information visit: https://w3.fapse.ulg.ac.be/conferences/BAPSSEPEX/2012/
