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Lonely Young Adults See Their Neighborhoods as Less Cohesive
Feeling lonely and being alone are different, often unrelated, states — some may find themselves feeling lonely in the midst of a gathering full of friends and some people experience few moments of loneliness despite
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Linda B. Smith, Robert Cialdini, and Gordon Logan Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Linda B. Smith The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has elected APS William James Fellow Linda B. Smith and APS Fellow Robert Cialdini to its distinguished list of members. APS Fellow Gordon Logan, a professor at Vanderbilt University who is a Canadian citizen, has been elected a foreign associate. The psychological scientists are among 100 new members and 25 foreign associates who have joined NAS in recognition of their achievements in original research. APS Fellow Gordon Logan, a professor at Vanderbilt University but is originally from Canada, has been elected a foreign associate.
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The Vibrancy of Memories Fades With Time
When memories fade, they don’t just lose the factual detail, they also lose their visual vividness, research shows.
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Social Psychology Research Today Has More Participants, Online Studies, Self-Report Measures
Collecting data from online participant pools and using self-report measures are two strategies that allow for increased sample sizes while drawing on relatively fewer resources — but have social psychology researchers adopted these strategies?
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Cross-Examining Our “Fixed Pie” Approach to Truth
The zero-sum fallacy, the idea that a gain in one area must result in a loss in another, may be a confounding factor at work in courtrooms worldwide.
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Eleven APS Fellows Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has announced the election of more than 200 new members, including 11 APS Fellows. The 2019 class includes APS Past Board Member and James McKeen Cattell Fellow Stephen J. Ceci (Cornell University), and APS Mentor Award Recipient Mark H. Johnson (University of Cambridge) was named an international honorary member. Ceci—who studies the development of intelligence and memory as well the accuracy of children’s courtroom testimony — is the author of approximately 450 articles, books, commentaries, reviews, and chapters.
