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Online but Fully Engaged: APS Microgrants Fund Innovative Teaching Projects
One project will compare the effectiveness of two options for asynchronous online courses: students can participate via written responses or short video responses. Another uses livestreaming from head-mounted cameras to facilitate blended lab collaboration.
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Federal Agents of Change: Behavioral Insights Power Evidence-Based Efforts to Improve Government
Low-cost, potentially high-impact collaborations based on large-scale data sets and tested under real-world conditions are the hallmarks of the Office of Evaluation Sciences (OES).
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Living in Deprived Neighborhoods May Hinder Reward Anticipation, Moderating Mental Health
Reduced access to rewards may influence brain development, contributing to the increased prevalence of mental health disorders in children living in economically impoverished environments.
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Mapping the Moods of COVID-19: Global Study Uses Data Visualization to Track Psychological Responses, Identify Targets for Intervention
More than 60,000 participants have participated in a global study to investigate the psychological implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. [July 17, 2020]
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The Brain Inside Out: 2020 Kavli Keynote Address Shines Light on Cognition
György Buzsáki presented the APS’s 2020 Fred Kavli Keynote Address titled “The Brain Inside Out.” [July 15, 2020]
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Psychological Research: Racial Biases in the Peer-review and Publishing Enterprise
Researchers closely examine the racial dimensions of what they consider to be top-tier cognitive, developmental, and social psychology journals.
