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Teaching: The Unexpected Pleasure of Doing Good
Doing good feels surprisingly good. That’s the bottom line of two new Current Directions in Psychological Science research summaries.
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Failure and Flourishing: Three Lessons From Psychological Science
Why not make our setbacks more visible? An excerpt from How Do We Know Ourselves? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind, the newest book by psychological scientist David G. Myers.
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Communicating Psychological Science: Engaging the Youngest of Audiences
It’s much harder to share the science with younger children than adolescents and teenagers, whose brains can handle more detailed and complex ideas. But, although the youngest audiences may not be receptive to research, they can be reached in various other ways.
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Teaching: Shared Emotions / Positives of Psychological Disorders
Lesson plans about the emotions within and between us and the positives of autism, ASD, and other psychological disorders.
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Careers Up Close: Amy Belfi on Music Perception and Cognition
Amy Belfi, an assistant professor at Missouri S&T, discusses her research into the impact that audio and music have on the brain—and looking forward to learning more, getting tenure, and playing the upcoming Nintendo Zelda game.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on conceptual clarification, language acquisition, insights from deep neural networks, how to reduce academic procrastination, improve learning, craving, and more.
