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Psi Chi New England Regional Convention
October 28–29, 2011 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT sponsored by NEPA http://www.nepa-info.org/
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2012 Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Convention
The 2012 Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Convention will take place in Reno, NV at the Peppermill Resort Hotel, April 12-14, 2012. For more information visit: http://www.rockymountainpsych.org/
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Brenda Milner Awarded Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
APS Fellow and Charter Member Brenda Milner, the Dorothy J. Killam Professor at McGill University’s Montreal Neurological Institute will be honored with the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Thursday, November 3, 2011 for her work in the field of cognitive neuroscience. The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize was founded by Nobel laureate Paul Greengard and his wife to recognize outstanding female scientists and researchers. The honor comes with a $100,000 award. Milner is best known for her work with a famous patient named Henry Gustav Molaison (a.k.a., HM), who had parts of his left and right medial temporal lobes removed.
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13th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology Meeting
The 13th annual SPSP Meeting will be held January 26-28, 2012, in San Diego, California. For more information visit: http://www.spsp.org/confer.htm
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Neuroscience 2011
The Society for Neuroscience will hold its annual convention, Neuroscience 2011, November 12-16 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. For more information visit: http://www.sfn.org/am2011/
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Turn That Frown Upside Down
How can you make your day better? Turn that frown upside down. As corny as that phrase is, science can back it up. As part of the Wall Street Journal's "Is It True" video series, Christina Tsuei interviewed APS member George Bonanno about whether smiles really do improve your mood. Bonanno, author of “The Other Side of Sadness,” talked about the benefits of a spontaneous joy-filled smile. The video below also references a 2010 study published in Psychological Science, Cosmetic Use of Botulinum Toxin-A Affects Processing of Emotional Language.
