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Consortium of European Research on Emotion
The Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE) 2020 Conference in Granada, Spain, will run June 5-6. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended from January 15th to January 31th (23:59 CET). Abstracts can be submitted on the CERE 2020 submissions page.
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Happy People Don’t Ignore The World’s Problems, They Act To Solve Them
A team of psychologists led by Kostadin Kushlev of Georgetown University examined the idea that individual happiness may act as an impediment to solving the world’s problems. “As nations across the globe become more interested in human happiness, some have expressed concerns about the downsides of being happier,” state Kushlev and his team of collaborators. “What if in our rush to make everyone happy, people became complacent about the plight of their local communities, society, and the world?” The data, however, do not support this line of reasoning.
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The Visual Language of Comic Books Can Improve Brain Function
Here’s a tradition that has persisted for generations: Kids huddle outside the doors of their local comic book shops—clutching their weekly allowance, babysitting money, loose change scavenged from between sofa cushions—just itching to get their hands on the latest issue of Superman, The Amazing Spiderman, or Teen Titans. And accompanying this tradition are the unenlightened parents who roll their eyes at the stacks of glossy paperbacks avalanching to the floor, sighing “Well, at least they’re reading something.” ... Traditional text is limited to presenting the same information sequentially.
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2020 APS Spence Recipients Announced
Eight psychological scientists have been selected as the recipients of the 2020 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award.
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European Research Council (ERC)
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ERC Magazine
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