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The Halloween Contest Results Are In!
We invited you to submit your best Halloween photos, costumes, costume ideas, decorations, and (of course) carved pumpkins! Submissions were featured on the APS Facebook page, and winners were announced on November 3, 2011. Submitters received APS swag, and the grand prize winner won a complimentary registration to the 24th APS Annual Convention in Chicago! View the full album of Halloween photos here.
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RAND Summer Institute
RAND is pleased to announce the 19th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI). RSI consists of two annual conferences that address critical issues facing our aging population. The Mind-Medical School for Social Scientists will be held on July 9–10, and the Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging conference on July 11–12, 2012. Both conferences will convene at the RAND Corporation headquarters in Santa Monica, California. The conferences are sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. Qualified applicants must hold a PhD or have completed two years of a PhD program and be actively working on a dissertation.
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How We Know You (Might Be) Lying
Forbes: Few topics in psychology get as much attention as the telltale signs of deception. The emphasis on this topic has intensified tenfold over the last decade in response to terrorism, and a great deal of research has been initiated by Homeland Security, police departments and other security agencies as a means to inform and train their personnel. One of the leading researchers in this field is UCLA professor of psychology R. Edward Geiselman. His studies have served as the basis for training thousands of detectives, intelligence officers, police officers, and military personnel. Read the full story: Forbes
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Basic Human Nature: Can It Be Changed?
The Wall Street Journal: "You can't change human nature." The old cliché draws support from the persistence of human behavior in new circumstances. Shakespeare's plays reveal that no matter how much language, technology and mores have changed in the past 400 years, human nature is largely undisturbed. Macbeth's ambition, Hamlet's indecision, Iago's jealousy, Kate's feistiness and Juliet's love are all instantly understandable. Recently, however, geneticists have surprised themselves by finding evidence of recent and rapid changes in human genomes in response to the pressures of civilization.
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Mentoring Works Best When Adults, Kids Share Common Interests
MSN Health & Fitness: Although mentoring programs intended to help children socially, emotionally or academically do offer a number of benefits, these advantages are generally limited and may not be enough for kids facing serious problems, a new report says. The authors of the report, published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest reviewed more than 70 existing evaluations of mentoring programs.
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On the brink of a mental health revolution
BBC: One in four of us will suffer some form of mental illness during our lifetimes.Historically, many of these conditions have been beyond our understanding, but now scientists believe we are on the verge of a revolution in how mental health problems are approached. Professor Tom Insel, director of the $1.5bn National Institute of Mental Health in the United States, told Newsnight there is a profound change taking place, and science and technology is key to that change: "We are really facing a tipping point here with research in mental illness. We have gone through a revolution in how we can look at the brain.
