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Southeast Ecological Community Psychology Conference 2019 Deadline Extended
The Southeast Region of the Society for Community Research and Action invites you to submit a proposal for the 2019 Southeast ECO Conference, Back to BaSiCs: Reaffirming Core Values of Community Psychology. This conference is organized by graduate students with the goal of sharing knowledge relative to community psychology and related fields by connecting students, researchers, community members, and scientists to share experiences in an effort to reduce social inequalities and empower marginalized communities.
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NIH Requiring ORCID Accounts for Certain Grants
Starting this fall, NIH will require researchers who are involved in certain types of grants to link an ORCID ID number to their grants.
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New from APS: Psychological Science and Entrepreneurship Poster Award at APS 2020
Thanks to a sponsorship from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, APS is pleased to announce a new annual award to recognize and encourage research by students and emerging scholars studying psychological science and entrepreneurship.
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Venture capital funds led by people of color face more bias the better they perform, Stanford researchers find
When a black-led venture capital firm has an impressive track record, it encounters more bias from professional investors, according to new research by Stanford scholars. In a new study led by Stanford psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt, in collaboration with the private investment firm Illumen Capital, researchers found that when venture capital funds are managed by a person of color with strong credentials, professional investors judge them more harshly than their white counterparts with identical credentials.
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Testosterone May Dampen Police Recruits’ Emotional Control
A study involving Dutch Police Academy recruits suggests that aggressive individuals may be more sensitive to the effects of testosterone when faced with emotionally charged situations.
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For Conception crew, surviving the fire is just the first step in a long healing process
In July, Ann Crawley led a group of teenagers and children on a successful diving trip aboard the 75-foot Conception. Last week, she woke up to a flood of messages from friends and family informing her that the diving boat had gone up in flames off the coast of Santa Barbara, killing 33 passengers and a crew member who were asleep below deck. For Crawley, a former crew member of the Conception and an accomplished diver, California’s worst maritime disaster in modern history is deeply personal. ... “It really does set in motion a very basic and probably evolutionary tendency to seek other people out when we feel stress,” said Anthony Mancini, a psychology professor at Pace University.
