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Funding for Small Business Innovation Research on Eliminating Health Disparities
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities seeks submissions from small businesses proposing the development of a product, tool, technology, or service that aims to improve healthcare delivery in health disparity population groups.
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Funding Opportunity for Developing Outcome Measures for Autism Research
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) requests applications for research on novel outcome measures related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Grants will be awarded to projects that develop and validate outcome measures suitable for clinical intervention studies on the treatment of core symptoms of ASD, such as impairment in social communication and interaction. Proposed measures should reliably assess treatment effects of behavioral or pharmacological interventions. The grant will fund up to $300,000 per year for three years. If interested, psychological scientists should send an email notice of intent to SFARI before submitting an application.
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Data Show No Evidence That Teens’ Social Media Use Predicts Depression Over Time
Longitudinal data from adolescents and young adults show no evidence that social media use predicts later depressive symptoms.
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Americans Are Becoming Less Racist and Homophobic, According to New Research
The resurgence of openly racist attitudes in the Trump era has led many observers to question whether the apparent reduction in prejudice in recent years was an illusion. New research provides a reassuring answer. Researchers find that both conscious and unconscious bias regarding race and sexual orientation declined significantly between 2007 and 2016. For racial attitudes, this change was largely generational, whereas the more relaxed attitudes toward sexuality were found in the population as a whole. That said, Americans are hardly ready to give up all our prejudices.
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Artificial intelligence thinks your face is full of data. Could it actually unmask you?
Each January, some 4,500 companies descend upon Las Vegas for the psychological marathon known as the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES. The 2019 festivities were much like any other. Companies oversold their ideas. Attendees tweeted out the craziest products, and Instagrammed the endless miles of convention space. Trend-spotting was the name of the game, and this year’s trends ran the gamut: drones, voice-activated home assistants, something called “8K” television. But the most provocative robots were those that claimed to “read” humans faces, revealing our emotions and physical health in a single image.
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Got Anger? Try Naming It To Tame It
Over the past three years, I've had one major goal in my personal life: To stop being so angry. Anger has been my emotional currency. I grew up in an angry home. Door slamming and phone throwing were basic means of communication. I brought these skills to my 20-year marriage. "Why are you yelling?" my husband would say. "I'm not," I'd retort. Oh wait. On second thought: "You're right. I am yelling." Then three years ago, an earthquake hit our home: We had a baby girl. And all I wanted was the opposite. I wanted her to grow up in a peaceful environment — to learn other ways of handling uncomfortable situations. So I went to therapy. I kept cognitive behavioral therapy worksheets.
