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NAS Receives Gift From Atkinson for Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences has received a gift of $3.5 million from APS Fellow Richard C. Atkinson to establish the NAS Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. Beginning in 2014, a $200,000 prize will
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Marc Berman
University of South Carolina Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Canada www.psych.sc.edu/faculty/Marc_Berman or www.huffingtonpost.ca/marc-berman/ What does your research focus on? I focus on understanding the interaction between individual psychological processing and environmental factors that give rise
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Autism Research in Psychological Science
April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day, recognized by the United Nations General Assembly for the purpose of improving the lives of people living with autism. According to the organization Autism Speaks, autism affects 1
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MBA Admissions Interviews: A Numbers Game?
Business Week: As any rejected business school applicant will probably tell you, admissions officers sometimes make mistakes. Now, new research from two business school professors attempts to show how those mistakes happen. Uri Simonsohn, an
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Intel Science Talent Search: Social Roles Seen Through Eye Movements
The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS), the nation’s most prestigious pre-college science competition, recognizes and rewards 300 student semifinalists and their schools each year. The 40 finalists are then invited to Washington, DC, where
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Write to be Read
Today many scientists struggle to get the public interested in psychological research. To help social psychologists reach larger audiences, In-Mind Magazine will organize a May 23 workshop, “Writing and Communicating with the General Public,” in
