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Fear Factors: Panel Examines Fear Research at Individual and Societal Levels
Scientists discuss how individuals and societies are affected when they view the world through the lens of fear characteristic of the news today. Visit Page
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring links between pupillary response and depression following trauma, predictors of postdeployment functioning among combat veterans, the developmental course of borderline personality disorder, and reasoning among delusion-prone individuals. Visit Page
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Claude M. Steele Named Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
APS Past Board Member Claude M. Steele was elected as the 2017 Gordon Allport Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, in recognition of his work on stereotype threat, its application to minority student academic performance, and more. Visit Page
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring: distress, worry, and responses to the Ebola crisis; anxiety-linked attentional bias and mitigation of threat; and neural underpinnings of repetitive negative thinking in autism spectrum disorders. Visit Page
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2017 APS Janet Taylor Spence Awards for Transformative Early Career Contributions
Research by the latest recipients of the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions includes romantic relationship initiation, the psychological processes that guide moral judgment, and the link between socioeconomic inequality and children’s cognitive and brain development. This year’s recipients include Paul Eastwick, Kimberly Noble, A. Janet Tomiyama, Elliot Tucker-Drob, and Liane Young. Visit Page
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Can a Difficult Childhood Enhance Cognition?
The Atlantic: Hard childhoods seem to not only rob children of material joys, but also of brain power. Children who grow up poor tend to score worse on tests of memory, processing speed, language, and Visit Page
