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Scientists Challenge Magazine Feature on Historic Brain Research
A group of 200 psychological researchers and other scientists from around the globe have slammed The New York Times’ publication of a recent book excerpt that they say unfairly tarnishes the late memory researcher Suzanne Corkin, who died of cancer in May at the age of 79. Scientists say the article, titled “The Brain That Could Not Remember” and appearing August 7 in the newspaper’s Sunday magazine, paints an unfair and inaccurate picture of Corkin and her work. The article, which was actually an excerpt from a new book, focused on Corkin’s historic research involving Henry Molaison, an amnesiac who is widely considered to be among the most famous brain patients ever studied.
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How Friends and Personalities Mix
Researchers examine links between participants’ Big Five personality traits, their personality state when interacting with friends, and the quality and quantity of their interactions with friends.
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Building Better Science Means Breaking Down Barriers
Many of the world’s most challenging issues – poverty, health behavior change, and globalization – are at their core issues that can be solved with a better understanding of human behavior. Making progress on solving these complex, multidimensional issues increasingly requires interdisciplinary collaboration across research disciplines. But the way most modern universities are organized, with behavioral and social science faculty splintered throughout dozens of departments, prevents scholars in one department from sharing ideas and resources with their colleagues from another department — even if it’s just down the hall.
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“Professor Priming” Focus of APS Registered Replication Report Project
APS is pleased to announce the launch of a new Registered Replication Report project, a multi-lab direct replication of a variant of Study 4 from: Dijksterhuis, A., & van Knippenberg, A. (1998). The relation between perception and behavior, or how to win a game of Trivial Pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 865–877. Registered Replication Reports combine the results of multiple, independent, direct replications of a single original study, with all participating laboratories conducting their study following the same vetted protocol.
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APS Psychology Jeopardy Contest Wins Big
The APS Psychology Jeopardy contest was a big hit at the Carolinas Psychology Conference. The conference was held April 16 at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, and drew nearly 200 attendees. According to APS Fellow James Kalat, the Carolinas Psychology Conference began in 1977, sponsored by Meredith College and North Carolina State University. The psychology jeopardy contest has been an annual feature for approximately 20 years, and contestants are pairs of students from three colleges. The contest was created by Kalat, who writes the questions yearly. All the questions relate in some way to psychology.
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Surprising Authors of Psychological Studies
When we think of famous psychological scientists, names like Tim Duncan, Albert Einstein, and the Dalai Lama don’t typically come to mind. The field of psychological science is expansive and popular among researchers and universities, but unbeknownst to most, actors like Lisa Kudrow, Natalie Portman, and Colin Firth, politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Ben Carson, and even one of the founding fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, have published work in psychology. A recent article in Perspectives on Psychological Science by Clinical Psychological Science Editor Scott O.
