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Inside the Neurotic Mind
CHICAGO -- A brief history of where neuroticism has been, and a briefer glimpse of where it's going, framed the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award address by David Barlow on Friday afternoon at the 24th APS Annual Convention. Psychologists have a much clearer understanding of neuroticism today than when it was first described in the 1940s by Hans Eysenck. Today's diagnostics for negative affect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_affectivity) suggest a strong biological component — meaning some degree of heritability— and a strong psychological component, stemming from early experiences like trauma or even parenting style.
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Red Mind, Blue Mind: Are There Any Real Independents?
Many voters have already made up their minds about who they will vote for in November. Indeed, for the reddest of the red and the bluest of the blue, there was never any doubt about how they would cast their ballots. But interestingly, as the country has grown more and more polarized over the past half century, more and more voters have rejected partisan identities altogether, choosing to call themselves Independents. Some polls put the number of Independent voters as high as four in ten today, which means that the next President will be the candidate who captures the minds of this vast middle. But who are these so-called Independents? And how many true Independents are there?
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Convention Highlights — Saturday
Selected sessions from Saturday's program: 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM: RISE Award Addresses River Exhibition Hall - Events Area Student Award Winners Speakers: Andrew S. Sage, Tegan B. Garland, Bridget R. Jeter, Ethan H. Mereish, Gal Slonim 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM: Emotional Influences on Decision Making Ontario Invited Symposium Speakers: Benjamin R. Newell; Peter Ayton, John Payne, Paul Slovic 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM: Putting the Person Back Together: The Social Psychology of Cultural Animals Missouri Society for the Teaching of Psychology Speaker: Roy F.
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Convention Video Blog: Violence Exposure During Childhood Is Associated With Telomere Erosion
The cameras are rolling at the APS 24th Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Idan Shalev of Duke University presented his research "Violence Exposure During Childhood Is Associated With Telomere Erosion: A Longitudinal Study" at Poster Session V on Friday May 25. Idan Shalev Duke University Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University and King’s College London, United Kingdom Avshalom Caspi Duke University and King’s College London, United Kingdom Using a longitudinal design we tested the effects of violence exposure during childhood on telomere erosion rate. We assessed childhood adversity prospectively and measured telomere length at two time-points, at age-5 and at age-10 years.
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Los adultos mayores tienen amistades y relaciones más estrechas
NeoMundo: La mayoría de las personas mira la vejez con un poco de miedo, pero esta edad tiene más de un tesoro escondido. Los adultos mayores parecen disfrutar de relaciones y amistades más profundas, concluyó una investigación. Los científicos de la Universidad de Purdue (Estados Unidos) explicaron que “mientras las habilidades físicas y cognitivas declinan con la edad, las relaciones mejoran. ¿Qué es tan especial de la ancianidad? Encontramos en nuestro estudio que la percepción de que queda poco tiempo, el estar predispuesto a perdonar y los estereotipos y actitudes hacia la tercera edad tienen un rol en la calidad de las relaciones”, dijo Karen Fingerman, uno de los autores.
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What Do Spoilers Spoil?
The New York Times: Over 10 percent of the comments on my “Hunger Games” column brought up the question of spoiler alerts. “Haven’t you heard of a spoiler alert?”, one exasperated reader asked. Another reader, Jim, reported that he was “trying rapidly to withdraw my forward of the article to my wife who’s in the midst of the 2nd book.” He didn’t want his wife’s experience spoiled as it would be, he assumed, if she knew how things turned out. A recent study indicates that Jim’s assumption may be incorrect.
