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‘Explicit Instruction’ Provides Dramatic Benefits in Learning to Read
When it comes to learning to read, new research suggests that explicit instruction—a phonics teaching method in which the relationship between sound and spelling is taught directly and systematically—is more effective than self-discovery through reading.
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Training to Wisely Navigate Social Conflicts
People are able to approach social conflicts more wisely if they have trained themselves in advance by practicing a distanced self-talk technique.
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Seven Psychological Scientists Receive 2021 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early-Career Contributions
Seven psychological scientists have been selected as the recipients of the 2021 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award.
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Hypnotic Suggestions Can Make a Complex Task Easy by Helping Vision Fill in the Blanks
New research demonstrates that hypnosis can turn a normally difficult visual task into a far easier one.
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Depression and Stress Could Dampen Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines: Interventions and Health Behavior Changes Could Boost Immunity
Health behaviors and emotional stressors can alter the body’s ability to develop an immune response to vaccines, including—potentially—the new COVID-19 vaccines.
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Breakthroughs and Discoveries in Psychological Science: 2020 Year in Review
A selection of some of APS’s most newsworthy research and highly cited publications from 2020.