Current Directions in Psychological Science
Volume 18, Number 6 · December 2009
The Michelangelo Phenomenon
Caryl E. Rusbult, Eli J. Finkel, and Madoka Kumashiro
The Road to Understanding Maps
Lynn S. Liben
Recent Advances in Understanding Sleep and Sleep Disturbances in Older Adults: Growing Older Does Not Mean Sleeping Poorly
Michael V. Vitiello
Increasing Speed of Processing With Action Video Games
Matthew W.G. Dye, C. Shawn Green, and Daphne Bavelier
In Search of Explanations for Early Pubertal Timing Effects on Developmental Psychopathology
Xiaojia Ge and Misaki N. Natsuaki
Stereotype Embodiment: A Psychosocial Approach to Aging
Becca Levy
Is Benefit Finding Good for Your Health? Pathways Linking Positive Life Changes After Stress and Physical Health Outcomes
Julienne E. Bower, Judith Tedlie Moskowitz, and Elissa Epel
Culture and the Brain
Nalini Ambady and Jamshed Bharucha
Behavioral and Neural Basis of Number Sense in Infancy
Melissa E. Libertus and Elizabeth M. Brannon
Grief Therapy: Evidence of Efficacy and Emerging Directions
Robert A. Neimeyer and Joseph M. Currier
To Start Low or To Start High? The Case of Auctions Versus Negotiations
Adam D. Galinsky, Gillian Ku, and Thomas Mussweiler
Automatic Evaluation
Melissa J. Ferguson and Vivian Zayas