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Member Spotlight: Flavio Azevedo on the Search for a Globally Representative Science
This APS Rising Star and social psychologist researches the political psychology of ideological attitudes and integrating open science into higher education.
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Seeking Evidence of Altruism in Turbulent Times
Psychological research is showing that altruism does exist, an understanding that could lead to a more empathetic world.
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Are Psychological Scientists Overvaluing Significance?
Some scientists are hesitant to submit nonsignificant results to journals, citing reputation as a major factor.
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Here’s How Much Practice You Need to Become the Best in the World
What does it take to become the best at something? The answer may not lie in early childhood practice or in lifelong, laser-focused dedication. Instead the path to becoming exceptional at a skill might look a lot more like meandering. That’s according to a new paper, published today in Science, that seeks to untangle what it takes to excel across different disciplines, from sports to chess to classical music. Somewhat counterintuitively, performers who showed the greatest promise in their discipline as children rarely went on to reach the pinnacle of their field as adults.
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Australia’s Grand Social-Media Experiment
To celebrate the start of a nationwide ban on social media for kids under the age of 16, the Australian government lit the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the slogan Let Them Be Kids. ... Candice Odgers, a psychology professor at UC Irvine, also mentioned country-to-country comparisons as a problem. Odgers has studied several of the big questions around kids and social media, and has often challenged the idea that there is a scientific basis for the current level of concern. “Kids in Norway differ from kids in Australia for all kinds of reasons,” she told me. “I hope that’s not the pathway people go, but I fear it will be.”
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Mitochondria May Be Missing Link Between Mental Health and Brain Function
The bean-shaped organelles are now being recognized for their part in immune signaling, stress responses, and neural functioning.
