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Society’s Role in Covid’s Spread
Fareed gives his take on how varying degrees of tolerance for rules have influenced national responses to the pandemic across the world. ...
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Two APS Fellows Receive 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship
APS Fellows Mesmin Destin and Seth Pollak have received a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in psychology.
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Dogs Act Jealously Even When They Don’t See Their Rival
Researchers gauged the reactions of a group of dogs when their owners appeared to shower attention on a perceived rival.
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You Won’t Remember the Pandemic the Way You Think You Will
... The pandemic has not been a single, traumatic “flashbulb” event like the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the fiery disintegration of the space shuttle Challenger, or 9/11. Instead, it’s a life period in which everybody’s memories will be embedded, more like the Great Depression or World War II, or My High-School Years or When I Was Married to Barbara. Starting in March 2020, hundreds of millions of Americans began forming their own impressions of it. As psychologists and anthropologists who study memory will tell you, we tend to lay out our anecdotes almost like short stories or screenplays to give our lives meaning; our plots (do they have silver linings?
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National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunities to Address Health Disparities
NIH has released two funding opportunities focused on advancing health equity and addressing health disparities.
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The Psychological Science of Racism: Expert Panel
Summary and video of APS Expert Panel on the Psychological Science of Racism.
