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Do Superior Abilities Keep Women Out of STEM?
Science: Researchers seeking to explain why women are less likely than men to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers long focused on females' purported inferior mathematical prowess. But new research suggests a very different explanation: women's superior abilities in other areas. In "Not Lack of Ability but More Choice: Individual and Gender Differences in Choice of Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics," published in Psychological Science, psychologists Ming-Te Wang, Jacquelynne S.
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Arguments in the Home Linked With Babies’ Brain Functioning
Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies’ brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The study, conducted by graduate student Alice Graham with her advisors Phil Fisher and Jennifer Pfeifer of the University of Oregon, found that infants respond to angry tone of voice, even when they’re asleep. Babies’ brains are highly plastic, allowing them to develop in response to the environments and encounters they experience.
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What About the Victim: The Steubenville Rape Victim’s Recovery
TIME: How does public exposure affect recovery from a very private, traumatic experience? ... We do know that the more severe the traumatic experience is, the more severe the reaction will be,” says Edna Foa, a professor of clinical psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and a leading expert on trauma. Rape, regardless of the level of physical force involved, is always traumatic, although, fortunately, the vast majority of people who suffer trauma do not develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).But in this case, the victim was betrayed by a young man she trusted.
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Looking for a Lesson in Google’s Perks
The New York Times: After my visit, I spoke to Teresa Amabile, a business administration professor at Harvard Business School and co-author of “The Progress Principle,” about creativity at work, and told her I had just been to Google. “Isn’t it fantastic?” she said. Some of her former students work there, and “they feel very, very fortunate to be there,” she said. As to the broader relationship between the workplace and creativity, “there’s some evidence that great physical space enhances creativity,” she said. “The theory is that open spaces that are fun, where people want to be, facilitate idea exchange.
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Des distractions pour aider la mémoire des seniors (Distraction Can Reduce Age-Related Forgetting)
Le Figaro: La mémoire est de moins en moins fiable avec l'âge, même s'il existe de grandes variations entre les individus. Autre inconvénient, peut-être moins connu, le fait que l'on se laisse plus facilement distraire à 70 ans qu'à 20 ans. Pourtant, il serait possible de contourner ces handicaps inhérents au vieillissement. Lynn Hasher, professeur de psychologie à l'Université de Toronto (Canada), mène depuis plus de trente ans des recherches sur l'évolution de l'attention avec l'âge.
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Osservare le regole? Può creare frustrazione (Observing the rules can create frustration)
La Stampa: La frustrazione non si scatena esclusivamente quando una persona non riesce a centrare un obiettivo produttivo o ad appagare un bisogno positivo. Se l’essere umano non coglie al volo la possibilità di violare una regola, barare, imbrogliare, insomma di adottare un atteggiamento controproducente e negativo, il senso di inadeguatezza si presenterà ugualmente. Lo dimostra un nuovo studio dell’Ohio State University. Si tratta della prima ricerca a concentrarsi sulla frustrazione generata dal mancato soddisfacimento delle esigenze negative. Read the whole story: La Stampa
