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Volume 21, No. 7 August 2008

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Sex Differences, Aging: The Psychological Science in the Public Interest Symposium

Reports published in the APS journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI) are produced by teams of scholars from different perspectives —  and sometimes different disciplines — whose mission ... More>


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Student Events at the APS 20th Annual Convention

The winners of the Student Research and RiSE-UP Awards during the convention’s Opening Ceremony. The APS 20th Annual Convention featured a full slate of student-oriented events organized by the APS ... More>


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Serious Research on Happiness

Ed Diener is a happy man. In happiness ratings of over 80 psychologists, he came in first (never mind that he had read the study detailing what makes a happy ... More>


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Lifelong Learning at Work and at Home

Arthur Graesser, Elizabeth Albro, Thomas E. Allen and Xiangen Hu discussed the latest in applied learning research in the symposium “Principles of Complex Learning” at the APS 20th Annual Convention, ... More>


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Delight, Desire, and Dread

One of the most intriguing things about our brain is the interconnectedness of its various structures and functions. We used to think that one discrete area of the brain was ... More>