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Funding for Short Courses on Behavioral Science of Alzheimer’s Disease
Psychological scientists with expertise in aging and Alzheimer’s disease, and its related dementias are encouraged to apply for funding from the National Institute on Aging to lead workshops or short summer courses on the topic.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring memory and stress-induced cannabis craving, predicting suicidal thoughts and nonfatal attempts, the influence of stress on depression and substance use among same-sex couples, and heterogeneity of the anxiety-related attention bias.
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Attend “Using Evidence: Learning from Low-Cost Federal Evidence-Building Activities”
Psychological scientists who are in the Washington, DC, USA area and are interested in applying their science to improving public policy should know about an upcoming October 30, 2019 event in DC organized by the Office of Evaluation Sciences.
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To Promote Inclusivity, Stay Away from Personality Assessments
My first experience taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (M.B.T.I.) was at a job where it was mandatory. The company’s chief executive announced that all employees would take the test as part of a quarterly staff retreat. The assessment concluded that I was an I.N.T.J. (Introversion, Intuition, Thinking, Judgment.) At the retreat, we were all encouraged to share our results with one another as we participated in various team-building activities. I reluctantly revealed mine, as I wondered how this detailed profile of my personality traits and communication style would translate to my colleagues.
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Fresh Starts, Guilty Pleasures And Other Pro Tips For Sticking To Good Habits
Katy Milkman played tennis at Princeton, and when she finished college, she went to the gym every day. But when she started grad school, her fitness routine went south. "At the end of a long day of classes, I was exhausted," Milkman says. "Frankly, the last thing I wanted to do was drag myself to the gym. What I really wanted to do was watch TV or read Harry Potter." But Milkman, who went on to study human behavior and decision-making, found a way to have her exercise and her Harry Potter, too: She resolved to only indulge her love of fantasy novels at the gym — listening to audio books through earbuds.The pairing did the trick.
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Parental Burnout Can Lead to Harmful Outcomes for Parent and Child
The intense exhaustion of parental burnout can lead parents to feel detached from their children and unsure of their parenting abilities.
