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ICPS 2019 Delivers a Bounty of Integrative Science
More than 2,700 researchers, including keynote speaker BJ Casey of Yale University, descended on Paris on 7-9 March 2019 to share the latest developments in integrative science. Plans are already underway for the next ICPS, to be held in 2021 in Brussels.
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Insights From High-Risk Fields Can Help Minimize Mistakes in the Lab
In an article published in Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, researcher Jeffrey Rouder of the University of California, Irvine and colleagues use principles drawn from high-risk fields to propose best practices for minimizing mundane mistakes in psychology labs.
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Power doesn’t corrupt. It just exposes who leaders really are.
Another day, another leader seems to fall from a seat of power. The #MeToo movement has shown us devastating evidence of how male superiors have abused their power over female subordinates. The Catholic Church has offered demoralizing revelations of how priests have abused their power over nuns and children. When leaders cross the line, we often blame power. As Lord Acton famously expressed it, “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” But it’s not entirely true. Last year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, I wanted to understand the impact of power on people.
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TVs in bedrooms may harm children’s physical and mental health
New Canadian research has found that growing up with a TV in the bedroom may have a negative effect on children's physical and mental health in their teenage years. Carried out by researchers at the Université de Montréal's School of Psychoeducation and the INRS-IAF, a research institute affiliated with the Université du Québec à Montréal, the study looked at data gathered from 1,859 Quebec children born between the spring of 1997 and the spring of 1998. "The early years are a critical period in a child's development," said study author Linda Pagani, who will be discussing the study on Thursday at the International Convention of Psychological Science in Paris.
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New Research From Psychological Science
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Cigarette Craving Can Be Measured with a Squeeze
Craving is challenging to measure because it is visceral and difficult to express in words or numbers on a scale. To address this challenge, researcher Crewell and colleagues investigated the effectiveness of a nonverbal measure of craving in heavy smokers.
