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  April 2013

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Post-traumatic stress disorder affects nearly 8 million adults each year. Clinical research has identified certain interventions that effectively ameliorate the symptoms, but most people struggling with PTSD don’t receive those treatments. More>> 

Decorating a Barren Memory Palace


The key to successful recall is what experts call elaborate encoding: The more vivid and concrete an image is — the more bizarre or hilarious or raunchy — the more likely it is to stick in the mind. Elaboration is the key to the memory palace. More>> 
Building a Better Psychological Science
Preconference event at the

18th Annual Meeting of ESCoP 

“Building a Better Psychological Science: Good Data Practices and Replicability” will take place 28 August 2013. The event is free, but please register, as space is limited.  

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 Why Wait? The Science Behind Procrastination

 

Procrastination is complex in its causes and the ways it affects the lives of those who wait; the consequences can be taxing on your well-being. Read this cover story and other April 2013 Observer articles online or in PDF.   
More Than Confidence and Charisma in Sales


A stereotypical salesperson is someone who’s extroverted, gregarious, and assertive. But a new study reveals that “ambiverts,” people who are neither introverted nor extroverted, tend to be the most effective at sales. More>>

Understanding Neurocognitive Development 


The symposium “Understanding Environmental and Genetic Influences on Neurocognitive Development,” will be held  3 September 2013 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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The APS Annual Convention is known for the cross-cutting nature of its program, but the  

content also cuts across geographic boundaries. 

 

Join the individuals below and many other global leaders in the field for the premier international meeting solely dedicated to psychological science. 
Francisco Aboitiz, Pontificia
    Universidad Católica de Chile
Adam K. Anderson, University of
    Toronto, Canada
Pierre Barrouillet, Université de
    Genève, Switzerland
Jennifer A. Bartz, McGill University,
    Canada
Cedric Boeckx, Catalan Institute for
    Advanced Studies and Universitat de
    Barcelona, Spain
Denny Borsboom, University of
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Valérie Camos, Université de Fribourg,
    Switzerland
Tamlin S. Conner, University of
    Otago, New Zealand
Geoff Cumming, La Trobe
    University, Australia

 Wendy Johnson, University of 
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Yulia Kovas, Goldsmiths College, 
    University of London 
Daniel J. Levitin, McGill University, 
    Canada 
Bianca Levy, McGill University, 
    Canada 
Stephan Lewandowsky, University 
    of Western Australia 
Gary Lewis, University of Stirling, 
    Scotland, United Kingdom 
Tom Loeys, Ghent University, 
    Belgium 
Sebastiaan Mathôt, Aix-Marseille 
    Université, France 
A. Randal McIntosh, Rotman 
    Research Institute, Toronto, 
    Canada 

Editor’s Choice:

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volume 24, 125-133 (2012)

Selected by Janet van Hell       


Risk Aversion in Information Seeking

Toshihiro Wakebe, Tomomi Sato, Eiichiro Watamura, and Yohtaro Takano

No one can know everything; in our daily lives, we make do with the best information we can get. Psychological scientists are working to understand how people choose to learn facts about the world when the options available to them are limited. In a 2012 study published in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology, a team of researchers led by Toshihiro Wakebe of the University of Tokyo investigated the role of risk aversion in information-gathering behavior. More>>
 

Each Global Observer features an article from a distinguished international journal. See past selections in the Editor’s Choice archive.