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Current Directions in Psychological Science
Current Directions in Psychological Science: Volume 24, Number 5 Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, publishes reviews by leading experts covering all of scientific psychology and its applications. (Baby)Talk to Me: The Social Context of Infant-Directed Speech and Its Effects on Early Language Acquisition Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Dilara Deniz Can, Melanie Soderstrom, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Physiological Arousal and Its Dysregulation in Child Maladjustment Angela Scarpa Chimpanzee Cognitive Control Michael J. Beran Personality Traits in Childhood and Adolescence: Structure, Development, and Outcomes Christopher J.
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Bilingualism and the Aging Brain
Bilingualism appears to have a positive influence cognitive reserve — the way the brain responds to neuropathological damage.
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Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Alan G. Kraut
APS Executive Director Emeritus Alan Kraut reflects on his career and the evolution of the association in this interview with APS Past President Robert Levenson as part of the series “Inside the Psychologist’s Studio.” The interview was recorded live before a group of Kraut's colleagues and friends at the 2015 APS Annual Convention in New York City.
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HHS to Hold Town Hall Meeting on Proposed ‘Common Rule’ Revisions
The US government’s Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) will hold a public Town Hall Meeting on October 20, 2015 in Washington, DC to answer questions about proposed updates to the so-called Common Rule governing human subject research. The meeting will be conducted by a panel of officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the OHRP. The meeting is part of a public comment period on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on the Common Rule revisions. HHS will take those comments into consideration as it drafts a final set of standards.
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Interdisciplinary Brain Research Gets Major Support from Kavli Foundation
The Kavli Foundation and its university partners have announced the commitment of more than $100 million in new funds to enable interdisciplinary research on the brain and brain-related disorders, including as traumatic brain injury (TBI), Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. The majority of the funds will establish three new Kavli neuroscience institutes at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), The Rockefeller University, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
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Redesigning and Enhancing the ‘Jigsaw Classroom’ Website
This project was supported by the APS Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science, which invites applications for nonrenewable grants of up to $5,000 to launch new, educational projects in psychological science. Proposals are due October 1 and March 1. The “jigsaw classroom” is a cooperative learning technique that reduces racial conflict in the classroom and improves learning outcomes.
