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23rd Annual RAND Summer Institute
23rd Annual RAND Summer Institute, July 11-14, 2016, Santa Monica, CA. Two conferences addressing critical issues facing our aging population: Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists; Workshop on the Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging.
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Learning Soft Skills In Childhood Can Prevent Harder Problems Later
NPR: Academic learning is usually in the spotlight at school, but teaching elementary-age students “soft” skills like self-control and social skills might help in keeping at-risk kids out of criminal trouble in the future, a
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Altruism and the Preschooler
The Wall Street Journal: Preschool-age children from wealthier families generally behave less charitably than those from lower economic brackets, according to a recent study. What’s more, the study says, that lack of altruism could affect
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Kids Who Handle Money Work Harder, but There’s a Downside
Fortune: Money can make youngsters as little as three years old work harder, but there’s evidence it can also make them less charitable. Money makes the world go round. Even when you’re three years old.
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: When Delays Improve Memory: Stabilizing Memory in Children May Require Time Kevin P. Darby and Vladimir M. Sloutsky The learning of new information often reduces memory for
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Study: Just playing with money makes children more likely to work hard—and give less
Quartz: Money often does strange things to us—kids included. Many parents have observed that their children may be changed by an allowance, for example, or even just an intense game of Monopoly. And now science
