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‘Mind in Motion’ Review: No Ideas but in Things
How are we to think of how we think? Are our minds a separate internal world in which we manipulate mere proxies—symbols, ideas, representations—for real things? Are they software running in the brain whose connection to the real, “external” world is then a further mystery in need of explanation? Or is it rather that we are embodied all the way down, such that even our most abstract thoughts—about mathematics, say, or relations between ideas—are still creatures of our creaturely nature? In “Mind in Motion,” the distinguished cognitive scientist Barbara Tversky makes the case that our embodiment as living, acting creatures is no mere add-on to our problem-solving cognitive capacities.
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Become a Tenure-Track Scientist Within the NIH Intramural Research Program
Psychological scientists interested in a tenure-track research position within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will want to know about a unique opportunity to earn a position via an innovative application initiative. Now in its 11th year, the NIH Earl Stadtman Investigators Program offers tenure-track positions to researchers conducting cutting-edge behavioral or biomedical science. These positions are housed with the NIH intramural research program, which is NIH’s internal research wing. “The Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigators search seeks to identify talent through a broad search that can focus on specific areas of science or enable the candidates to bring their ideas to us.
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Upcoming Workshop on HIV-associated Comorbidities, Co-infections, and Complications
Psychological scientists interested in learning more about the state of the science on HIV, identifying research gaps, and recommending future integrative research priorities may be interested in attending an upcoming workshop hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This workshop, titled “HIV-associated Comorbidities, Co-infections, and Complications,” will be hosted September 19-20, 2019 on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, and will also be accessible via webcast. The workshop will bring together experts from different fields to improve the health of people with HIV.
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Fake News Can Lead to False Memories
Voters may form false memories after seeing fabricated news stories, especially if those stories align with their political beliefs, a study shows.
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How Child Passengers Can Distract Drivers
Since emerging as a fad in the 1980s, “Baby on Board” stickers have persisted as a staple of rear windshields and bumpers on cars and minivans. According to urban legend, the death of an infant
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New Therapy Shows Promise for Swift Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Clinical researchers are developing a new therapy that may reduce or eliminate symptoms of a challenging psychological disorder within weeks, rather than months.
