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16th European Conference on Personality
APS-EAPP Cosponsored Preconference Symposium: “The Cognitive Neuroscience of Personality Dynamics” July 10, 2012 European Association of Personality Psychology 16th European Conference on Personality (ECP16) Trieste, Italy July 10-14, 2012
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Warning: This Face Is Dangerous
If you’re a little, soft-spoken guy, duking it out mano-a-mano with a tough, masculine type probably isn’t in your best interest — and a fair amount of research on threat perception and dominance explores why men perceive (and presumably avoid) threats differently. But what if you’re a little, soft-spoken gal? Christopher D. Watkins and his coauthors write in the European Journal of Personality that, similar to men, less-dominant women tend to perceive women with masculine-looking faces as more dominant than women with feminine-looking faces.
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Don’t Freak Out on Friday the 13th: Stay Positive
It’s Friday the 13th for the second time in 2012. With one more Friday the 13th coming in July, for some superstitious people this is a scary time—but stay positive. Check out this TED talk from APS Fellow and Charter Member Martin Seligman, a leader in the field of Positive Psychology. Seligman runs the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. APS Fellow David Myers of Hope College agrees. He says people are much happier than we think they are. And the good news is, we’re not born afraid of things – so maybe we can learn to overcome these fears.
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Lizette Peterson Homer Memorial Injury Research Grant
About the American Psychological Foundation (APF) APF provides financial support for innovative research and programs that enhance the power of psychology to elevate the human condition and advance human potential both now and in generations to come. Since 1953, APF has supported a broad range of scholarships and grants for students and early career psychologists as well as research and program grants that use psychology to improve people’s lives. APF encourages applications from individuals who represent diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, and sexual orientation.
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Breaking Through the Silence
“New technology has dramatically improved the quality of hearing aids in the past decade,” said Stephanie Weiss in a recent Washington Post article. “But some say an old technology could have the most profound impact in the decade to come on millions of people with hearing loss.” One possible solution to this problem: The Loop. Weiss interviewed APS Fellow, and loop advocate, David G. Myers. “Just as WiFi connects people to the Web in wired places, hearing loops — simple wires that circle a room or part of a room — can connect many hearing aids and cochlear implants directly to sound systems,” Myers told Weiss. “I visited Scotland shortly after getting new hearing aids back in 1999.
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Fourth International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection
The Fourth International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection (ICIAR) will be held in Chandigarh, India January 10-13, 2013. For more information visit: http://www.isipar2013.com/
