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From Inconvenient Truth to Urgent Opportunity
In my first Observer column as President of APS, I wrote about the maturation of neuroscience and explored what’s next in psychological science. This month’s guest columnist is Thomas R. Insel, the director of the Visit Page
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APS Welcomes President Phelps, President-Elect Eisenberg
APS welcomes the 2013-2014 APS Board. Elizabeth A. Phelps is President, Nancy Eisenberg is President-Elect, and Joseph E. Steinmetz is Immediate Past President. A heartfelt thank you to outgoing Immediate Past President Douglas L. Medin Visit Page
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Department-ism: More Than Just Space Wars
The university is a great place to learn about prejudice — firsthand. The prejudice that I’m talking about is so deeply ingrained in the nature of universities and other large organizations that it is not Visit Page
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The Psychology Department
President’s Note: In my first column for the Observer, I wrote briefly about the great value that psychology departments have in institutions of higher education in the areas of teaching, research, and service. In this Visit Page
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Learning and Memory the Focus of Presidential Symposium at 25th APS Annual Convention
How we learn and remember everything from simple behaviors to complex information has been a major topic of research for psychological scientists for well over a century. At the 25th APS Annual Convention, the Presidential Visit Page
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Beyond the Department
President’s Note: In the last few Presidential Columns, the issue of expanding the interdisciplinary nature of psychological science has been discussed as it relates to “Big Data” as well as partnerships with other disciplines. This Visit Page
