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The Worst Form of Envy? In the Future Tense
It is better to be envied than to be pitied, wrote the Greek historian Herodotus, and in our use of social media it’s clear that most of us agree. After all, why post selfies of yourself and your sweetheart lifting champagne flutes en route to Thailand if not to induce an eat-your-heart-out response in your friends? Ubiquitous public displays of everyone’s happy moments—with the low points edited out—are one reason, according to a 2017 study, that most of us believe other people lead richer social lives than we do. Research shows that most of us think we are better looking, smarter, more competent and of course less biased than other people.
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NIH Funding for Using Driving to Detect and Study Dementia
NIA has released a new grant opportunity to support scientists in conducting research using automobile technology and automobile data to detect early signs of cognitive impairment in older drivers.
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Wilbert “Bill” McKeachie, 1921-2019
APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Wilbert “Bill” McKeachie, author of the classic McKeachie’s Teaching Tips handbook for college instructors, passed away June 12. McKeachie spent his career as a scientist and instructor at the University of Michigan after earning his PhD there in 1949. He served 10 years as chair of UM's Department of Psychology, building its reputation as one of the world's largest and most prestigious psychology departments. And he gained international prominence for his novel educational research and teaching philosophy.
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Americans’ views flipped on gay rights. How did minds change so quickly?
Steve and Teri Augustine met, fell in love and got married in a conservative evangelical Christian community. They grew up believing homosexuality was a sin, and that the “gay agenda” was an attack on their values. Then, six years ago, their son Peter — their youngest child who loved theater and his church youth group — returned home to Ellicott City, Md., from his freshman year of college and came out to his family as gay. Teri asked her son not to tell anyone else, and drove herself to a mall parking lot to cry. Steve questioned his son’s faith, reciting Bible passages from Corinthians.
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New Report Illustrates Impact of Evidence on Policy
A new report titled “Evidence Works: Cases Where Evidence Meaningfully Informed Policy” presents 20 case studies describing instances in which evidence was used for government policymaking at the federal, state and local levels, and where policymaking processes were designed to incorporate evidence.
