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Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) Meeting
June 27–29, 2011 New York, NY, USA www.sarmac.org/conferences
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23nd Annual NIMH Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience
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Fifteenth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems
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Global Summit on Ending Corporal Punishment and Promoting Positive Discipline
June 2–4, 2011 Dallas, TX, USA http://smu.edu/psychology/html/globalSummit.html
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The Allure of a Man’s Uncertainty
The New York Times: FOR those single women suffering angst over “Will he call or won’t he?” it seems counterintuitive to think that such uncertainty could possibly hold any appeal. And to think that not knowing actually makes women like men more: Are we really such masochists? Pretty much, says a new study by Erin R. Whitchurch and Timothy D. Wilson of the University of Virginia and Daniel T. Gilbert of Harvard. According to their paper, published in Psychological Science and based on an experiment conducted with undergraduates, women find men who may like them more appealing than men who definitely do. Read the whole story: The New York Times
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Right-Handers Tend Prefer The Right Side
Scientific American: Here's a test. It's an odd question…but do you tend to prefer the right side or the left side of anything? It turns out that right-handed folks prefer the right and lefties prefer the left. The preference informs the choice of one of a pair of products, two job applicants, even a couple of alien creatures. Read the whole story: Scientific American
