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Bouchard Receives Dunnette Prize for Study of Individual Difference
APS Fellow Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., professor emeritus of psychology and Director of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research at the University of Minnesota, has been awarded the Dunnette Prize for the Study of Individual Differences for his 20-year study establishing the role of genetic influence on a wide range of traits including intellectual ability, personality, vocational interests, religiosity, and political views.
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Estes Workshop and 7th Annual Mid-West Cognitive Science Conference
Estes Workshop and 7th Annual Mid-West Cognitive Science Conference May 12th-15th, 2018 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Estes Workshop Co-Sponsored by: The Association for Psychological Science The Psychonomic Society Conference Co-sponsored by: The Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University The Indiana University Emerging Area of Research on Learning: Machines, Brains, and Children The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Registration for the Estes Workshop taking place May 14-15th, “Deep, fast and shallow learning in humans and machines,” is open until April 26th.
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Increasing Vaccination: Putting Psychological Science Into Action
Research on vaccination behavior shows that the most effective interventions focus directly on shaping patients’ and parents’ behavior instead of trying to change their minds.
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Why ‘Sorry’ Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Offenders may not apologize if they have little concern for the victim, if they perceive a threat to their positive self-image, or if they predict that their apology won’t be effective.
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Special Perspectives Issue Revisits Most Impactful APS Journal Articles
A new, special issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science marks the 30th anniversary of APS with a collection of reflections, insights, and forward-looking articles from authors of the 30 most-cited articles published in APS journals. In an introduction to the issue, Editor Robert J. Sternberg considers some of the factors that lead to high-impact articles, including how the research is presented, whether the research relates to issues that are important to scholars and lay people, and the extent to which the research propels the field forward. The authors discuss the origin and central hypotheses of their articles, and why they believe the work has had such an impact in the field.
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Psychological Scientists Honored by OBSSR
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR) has announced that psychological scientists are taking home top honors at its annual event recognizing the best in behavioral science. APS Fellow Terrie E. Moffitt has been named the NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors Distinguished Lecturer, and several psychological scientists have won the Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Paper Competition. OBSSR’s Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors festival recognizes the best behavioral science conducted across and beyond NIH. Moffitt, the Nannerl O.
