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May/June, 2013
Observer Vol. 24, No. 8 2011
Observation
Online Exclusive: The Obedience Experiments at 50
This year is the 50th anniversary of the start of Stanley Milgram’s groundbreaking experiments on obedience to destructive orders — the most famous, controversial and, arguably, most important psychological research of our times. Thomas Blass commemorates this milestone in an Observer Online Exclusive.... More>
Observer Article
Research on Hearing Communication and Health Gets Center Stage at NIDCD
Get the latest on hearing loss including from APS Fellows William Yost and David G. Myers, as well as funding opportunities within the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).... More>
Observation
Imagining Eating Can Reduce How Much We Eat
A study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, published in the journal Science, suggests that imagining eating the candy may actually help you to eat less of it.... More>
Obituary
Remembrance: G. Alan Marlatt
Distinguished addiction researcher G. Alan Marlatt is remembered by friends and colleagues.... More>
Observation
Fighting Germs With More Than White Blood Cells
APS Fellow Mark Schaller, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, has been studying what he calls our “behavioral immune system” — an array of psychological mechanisms that helps us identify and respond to the pathogens that surround us.... More>
