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Study Finds No Evidence That More Violent, Difficult Video Games Spur Aggression
Some of the most popular video games feature violence of some kind — psychological scientists are investigating whether violent in-game behavior actually impacts real-world behavior.
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I Trust You to Disagree: Caring May Signal Integrity Across Political Lines
We may perceive those we can trust to disagree with us as having greater integrity than “fence-sitters” who have no strong feelings either way.
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2020 Cognitive Aging Conference
The 2020 Cognitive Aging Conference will be held April 16-19, 2020 at the JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead in Atlanta, GA. Abstract submissions for symposia and posters are open now through November 1, 2019. See the 2020 CAC website for more information.
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Strengthening Psychological Science with Specialized Statistical Review
Focused technical assessments by statistical experts could help psychology journals defend against the improper use of statistics.
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Society for the Study of Human Development 2019 Conference
The Society for the Study of Human Development's 11th Biennial Meeting, Stress, Resilience, and Character Development Across the Life Span, will be held October 11 to 13, 2019 at the Benson Hotel, in Portland, Oregon. More information is available on the SSHD website.
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Emotional Expressions Reconsidered: Challenges to Inferring Emotion From Human Facial Movements
Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Volume 20, Number 1)Read the Full Text (PDF, HTML) Faces offer information that helps us navigate our social world, influencing whom we love, trust, help, and even judge as guilty of a crime. But to what extent does an individual’s face reveal the person’s emotions? And to what extent can we accurately interpret an emotion or intention from a raised eyebrow, a curled lip, or a narrowed eye? Understanding what facial movements might reveal about a person’s emotions has major consequences for how people interact with one another in the living room, the classroom, the courtroom, and even the battlefield.
