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Q&A With Zoë Chance
Zoë Chance is a lecturer in marketing at the Yale School of Management. Her research includes consumer behavior, focusing on decision making and social welfare. We invited our Facebook and Twitter followers, as well as students, to submit questions based on Chance's research, and here is what she had to say. In reference to the research article in Psychological Science, "Giving Time Gives You Time" : Is there a relationship between the amount of time given or volunteered and the amount of time received? We didn’t find a relationship between the amount of time given or volunteered and the amount of time received — at least between 10 and 30 minutes.
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Short-term Summer Fellowship for Teaching Neuroethics
Would you or a neuroscience colleague like to develop and teach a course on neuroethics at your institution? The University of Pennsylvania is ready to help, by offering Short-term Visiting Fellowships for Teaching Neuroethics. This summer the Penn Center for Neuroscience & Society will host 16 college and university professors with primary expertise in neuroscience for a week-long intensive course on "neuroethics," that is, the ethical, legal and societal implications of neuroscience.
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APS Fellow Nakamura to Direct the NIH’s Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins announced that APS Fellow and Charter Member Richard Nakamura will be the new director for the NIH’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR). Nakamura has been serving as the acting director since September 2011. Nakamura came to NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in 1976 as a postdoctoral fellow. In the mid-80's he coordinated NIMH’s Biobehavioral Program and later was Chief of its Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch. Between 1997 and 2007, he served as the institute's Deputy Director. From 2007 to 2011 he has been institute Scientific Director.
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Convention Swag Contest
For the 25th APS Annual Convention, we're leaving it up to you! Come up with a psychology-related idea (slogan, picture, etc.), and you could see it on our convention swag! The winner will also get a complimentary 2013 convention registration and APS membership. Submit ideas by December 31, 2012, on Facebook, Twitter, or [email protected].
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Q & A With Psychological Scientist Jaime Napier
Jaime Napier is an assistant professor of psychology at Yale University. Her research focuses on political and religious ideologies. We invited our Facebook and Twitter followers, as well as students, to submit questions based on Napier's research, and here is what she had to say. In reference to the research article, "Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals?": Are there any significant differences between the gaps in happiness in the United States and other countries? Was the gap larger or smaller in other nations or relatively similar?
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Call for Papers: International Society for the Study of Individual Differences
The International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID) invites paper submissions for the 2013 conference. Conference Location: Barcelona, Spain, EU Conference Date: July 22-25, 2013 Deadline for Symposia Submissions: February 15, 2013 Deadline for Individual Papers: February 28, 2013 Conference Website: www.ub.edu/issid2013 Conference Twitter: @ISSID2013 Conference Facebook: International-Society-for-the-Study-of-Individual-Differences-2013 Conference Information The ISSID 2013 conference will be held in Barcelona, from Monday, July 22, to Thursday, July 25, 2013. Dr. David Gallardo-Pujol, chair of the ISSID 2013 conference, has announced that submissions are now open.
