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Santos Record-Breaking Psychology Course Gets Coverage in New York Times
A psychology course taught by Yale University professor Laurie Santos has drawn record enrollment and captured media attention.
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Children with Restored Sight Show Impairments in Mental Mirroring
The authors of a new paper conclude that “visual experience is essential for the development of proper mirror system function.”
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Scientists Hate the NIH’s New Rules for Experimenting on Humans
She’s probably mostly kidding when she tells the origin story this way, but Kathy Hudson—until last year the deputy director for science, outreach, and policy at the National Institutes of Health—says that a massive update to the NIH’s rules for funding science started with humiliation. A pal who ran approvals at the Food and Drug Administration, Hudson says, “used to walk around and talk about how NIH funded small, crappy trials, and they would say it at big gatherings.” This was Washington, in front of congresspeople—or at conferences full of leading researchers. “I would get so pissed off,” Hudson says. But then, well, she took it to heart.
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Apply Today: NIDCR “Building Bridges” APS Convention Travel Award
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites APS poster submitters to apply for a travel award to attend the 32nd APS Annual Convention in Chicago, IL, USA
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring the distinction between false memory and false belief and how percepts are unified across the left and right visual fields.
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The enduring appeal of conspiracy theories
In certain pockets of America, measles diagnoses have been spreading at previously unprecented rates. In 2017 there were 58 confirmed cases of the illness in Minnesota – the largest outbreak the state had seen in 30 years. Similarly, in 2008, a large outbreak occurred in California, which was thought to originate from a seven-year-old boy, who had not been vaccinated. --- Those that do not vaccinate often choose not to. They are called “anti-vaxxers” and they largely believe that vaccinations are harmful – and, often, that pharmaceutical companies (and others) cover up damaging effects of vaccinations.
