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Loving the iPhone? Thank Steve Jobs and Human-Computer Interactions
iTechnologies pave the way for new fields of psychological science The late Steve Jobs is considered the Thomas Edison of our time. His innovations not only sold in a down economy, but the technology created by Jobs revolutionized the way we live our lives and interact with others. With the anticipated release of the iPhone4, a New York Times op-ed by Martin Lindstrom said that brain scans of participants who saw a vibrating iPhone “responded to the sound of their phones as they would respond to the presence or proximity of a girlfriend, boyfriend or family member. In short, the subject didn't demonstrate the classic brain-based signs of addiction.
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<em>Psychological Science</em> Authors Honored With Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine
Watching Nobel laureates dancing the sirtaki and witnessing a flight of 1,200 paper airplanes were two of the unconventional events used to honor the winners of the 2011 Ig Nobel Prizes. Among the winners were Mirjam Tuk, Debra Trampe, and Luk Warlop, who received this year’s Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine for research demonstrating that people with full bladders make less impulsive choices. Their work was published earlier this year in Psychological Science. At first, Tuk wasn’t sure what to make of the prize. “I was curious to what extent this reward only highlights hilarious research [as opposed to] serious research, which mine was in the end.
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Sixteenth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems (ICCNS)
Date: May 30 – June 1, 2012 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Contact: Cynthia Bradford Email: [email protected] Web: http://cns.bu.edu/cns-meeting/conference.html
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5th International Congress on Licensure, Certification, and Credentialing of Psychologists
The 5th International Congress on Licensure, Certification, and Credentialing of Psychologists Sunday, July 7, 2013 - Tuesday, July 9, 2013 For more information contact Amy Hilson at [email protected]
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Association for Behavior Analysis International 38th Annual Convention
The Association for Behavior Analysis International 38th Annual Convention will be held Friday, May 25-Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. For more information visit: http://portal.abainternational.org/shopping/frmItemListing.aspx?intItmKey=3009
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14th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Educational Research
The 14th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Educational Research will be held November 1-6, 2011 at Hutchinson Island, Florida. For more information visit: http://www.aaer.org/newsandevents.html
