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J. Frank Yates and a Decision-Making Theory for the Real World
Early in his teaching career, one of J. Frank Yates’ students approached him for help with applying decision theory to her own real-life conundrum: Should she have an Indian marriage or an American marriage? At
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Twitter Q&A on Rebooting Psychotherapy
In the January 2011 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, Yale University psychological scientists Alan Kazdin and Stacey Blase have called for drastic changes to the approach for treating mental illness in the United States.
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APS Fellow Selected to Deliver Prestigious Lectures
APS Fellow Bruce Hood has been selected to present the 2011 Royal Institution of Great Britain Christmas Lectures. Hood will deliver a series of lectures called “Meet Your Brain” in which he will explain how
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In Appreciation: Bartley G. Hoebel (1935-2011)
APS Fellow and Charter Member Bartley Hoebel passed away due to cancer on June 11, 2011. Hoebel was best known for his research on food addiction, especially for his work showing that sugar can be
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From the Lab to The Courtroom
The law deals fundamentally with human behavior. It deals with choices people make — to do right or wrong, to lie or tell the truth. It deals with perceptions and memories — what color shirt
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Mind Your Errors (APSSC Award Winner)
In case you missed it, the cameras were rolling at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. Watch Hans S. Schroder from Michigan State University present his research “Mind Your Errors: Neural Evidence Linking
