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APS Welcomes President Phelps, President-Elect Eisenberg

APS welcomes the 2013-2014 APS Board. Elizabeth A. Phelps is President, Nancy Eisenberg is President-Elect, and Joseph E. Steinmetz is Immediate Past President. ... More>


Power Can Literally Go to Your Head

Power, whether in the form of a big promotion or other rewards, apparently carries some cognitive pitfalls. A Canadian psychological study shows that feeling powerful can actually impede the brain’s […]... More>


Teens’ Self-Consciousness Has Biological Basis, Study Says


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Psychology in a Post-Genomics

The draft DNA sequence of the human genome was announced in June 2000, two years ahead of schedule. Some party-poopers grumble that the four nucleotide letters that constitute the DNA alphabet are not GATC, but HYPE. They complain that the DNA sequence by itself does not tell us how we can begin life as a single fertilized cell and end up with trillions of cells containing the same DNA but expressing different genes. It doesn't cure any diseases. ... More>


Why Teens Are So Self-Conscious