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NIH Encourages the Study of Community Interventions to Address COVID-19 Consequences
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a funding opportunity for research studying current and prospective COVID-19 mitigation efforts and their effectiveness and impact on health disparity populations, as designated by NIH, which face social and health vulnerabilities.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on risk for developing aggressive behavior, cultural evolution, adolescent depression, inequality among adolescents, memory and statistical learning, and how digital technologies impact emotions.
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Contracting COVID-19: Lifestyle and Social Connections May Play a Role
New research proposes lifestyle, social, and psychological factors may increase the risk of contracting COVID-19. [July 9, 2020]
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‘It Can Be Hard to Concentrate or Focus on Something Else’
After George Floyd was killed by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, as three other police officers looked on, images and videos circulated via news and social media. Weeks earlier, video of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing[content warning: the linked post contains descriptions of graphic violence]went public, prompting the long-overdue arrest of the two white men who killed him. On social media, Black people expressed frustration that it took this graphic, viral video — shared widely by white people — to get justice. Both deaths reignited debate over the dissemination of images and videos depicting dead Black people, and the trauma they inflict on Black people who see them.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on fake news, first impressions and romantic interest, prenatal environment and development, the development of social prototypes and stereotypes, and electronic-media use and sleep in childhood.
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Virtual Event: Careers in Data Science
IE University will host a virtual event, "Why Doctoral Students Make Great Data Scientists," at 6:30 pm GMT (12:30 pm EST) on Wednesday, July 15th, 2020. The talk, hosted by Inna Saboshchuk, a data scientist with a background in basic and applied social psychology, will provide an overview of some of the career options that exist for psychological scientists outside of academia, as well as an opportunity for students to ask any questions they may have on the topic. Register for this free event here.
