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Lying Becomes Difficult as We Age
In case you missed it, the cameras were rolling at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. Watch Janice Murray from the University of Otago, New Zealand present her poster research, “Age, Lies, and Faces: Emotion Recognition Mediates Age-Related Differences.” Murray and her colleagues asked younger and older participants to identify facial emotion expressions and determine whether younger and older speakers’ opinion statements were true or false. The scientists discovered that older adults were less convincing liars and had more difficulty detecting others’ lies.
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Beauty in the Brain of the Beholder
Why is it that what one art critic considers a masterpiece looks like a child’s finger painting to someone else? Psychological scientists are looking for answers by analyzing art, society, and the human brain. In a paper published in March 2011 by the Journal of Cognitive Psychology, Annukka K. Lindell and Julia Mueller review scientific research addressing subjective visual art appreciation. While Lindell and Mueller acknowledge that science may never be able to predict anyone’s reaction to a piece of art with complete accuracy, they also report that studying the psychology of visual art has allowed scientists to understand which variables contribute to our preferences.
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Experimental Psychological Society 2012 Meetings
The Experimental Psychological Society will hold three scientific meetings in 2012: January 5-6, 2012: University College of London, UK April 12-13, 2012: University of Hull, UK July 11-13, 2010: University of Bristol, UK For more information visit: http://www.eps.ac.uk/index.php/meetings-of-the-society
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Eastern Psychological Association 2012 Meeting
The Eastern Psychological Association 2012 Meeting will be held March 1-4 at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. For more information visit: http://www.easternpsychological.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
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14th Council on Undergraduate Research Conference
The 14th Council on Undergraduate Research Conference will be held June 23-26, 2012 at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ. For more information visit: http://www.cur.org/conferences/tcnj/proposals.html
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Travel Grant to South Africa for the 30th International Congress of Psychology
The APA-USNC International Travel and Mentoring Program for US scholars announces a call for applications to attend the 30th International Congress of Psychology held in Cape Town, South Africa from July 22-27, 2012. Student – Early Career Applicants The APA-USNC program will award up to 16 $1,500 awards (travel and registration) awards to students and early career psychologists. Awardees will participate in the APA-USNC International Congress program, which includes networking and mentoring activities prior, during and after the Congress in support of enhanced international research and scholarly collaboration.
