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Anne Treisman, 1935-2018
APS Past Secretary and William James Fellow Anne Treisman, who developed a classic psychological model of human visual attention, has died.
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Better Than Willpower
Willpower, reason, and executive-functioning skills all seem like ingredients in the recipe for success. So why, then, have so many of us already abandoned our New Year’s resolutions, and it’s not even February yet? According
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Shiffrin, Dosher Receive NAS Atkinson Prize
APS Fellows Richard M. Shiffrin and Barbara Dosher are the recipients of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 2018 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences for their pioneering work on memory, attention, and learning.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring object-based attention in reading, information processing and language, and the relationship between objects’ affordances and attention.
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How Boring Roads Lead to Distracted Driving
A simulation study suggests that drivers’ minds wander more often when they travel on empty roads compared to busy routes.
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Why We Can’t Stop Texting and Driving
Once smartphones arrived in the hands of the masses, it didn’t take long for drivers to start using them behind the wheel — not only to make calls, but also to send text messages. Even more alarming
