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The “Warm Glow” of Giving May Overshadow Doing the Greatest Good
Whether you’re buying a home or squirreling away a nest egg for retirement, financial decisions are all about the numbers – except for when it comes to charitable giving.
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Science of Behavior Change Symposium at SPR Annual Meeting
“Temporal Discounting as a Target for Prevention: Basic, Mechanistic, Developmental, and Policy Insights” Symposium May 30th, 2018 Society of Prevention Research 26th Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC The Science of Behavior Change, a National Institutes of Health Common Fund program, will hold a symposium discussing the measurement, conceptualization, and application of temporal discounting research from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on May 30th, 2018 as part of the Society of Prevention Research’s 26th Annual Meeting. The presentation will be followed by a brown bag lunch from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
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2018 Cognitive and Affective Neurophysiology (CAN) EEG/ERP Summer School
7th Cognitive and Affective Neurophysiology (CAN) EEG/ERP Summer School September 3rd to 7th, 2018 University of Porto, Portugal The Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto will host a summer school focused on the application of Electroencephalography (EEG) and Event Related Potential (ERP) techniques to the study of cognitive and effective processes from September 3rd-7th, 2018. The 2018 course includes a new module on reproducibility and open science practices in EEG/ERP research and will be taught in English. Early registration for the 25 course slots is recommended as previous editions of the course have been fully booked.
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The Basic Research Blues
Feel free to replicate, reproduce, and share your voice with friends, colleagues, NIH, and us!
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What is Grammar’s Role in Conflict?
A new study shows just how critical word choice becomes in softening long-standing conflicts — including geopolitical clashes
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Melania Trump’s BE BEST Campaign Takes a Cue From Clinical Psychological Science Study
A study published recently in an APS journal has helped inspire First Lady Melania Trump’s new initiative to teach children about the importance of social, emotional, and physical health. In its May 7, 2018 announcement about the new BE BEST campaign, the White House referenced a study published in 2017 in Clinical Psychological Science showing that children who spent more time on new media between 2010-2015 were more likely to report mental health issue than those who spent time on non-screen activities such as sports and in-person socializing.
