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2015 International Psychogeriatic Association Congress
The 2015 International Psychogeriatic Association Congress, which will take place October 13–16, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The event will bring together over 1,000 professionals engaged in the work of improving and preserving the mental health of older adults. For more information, visit www.ipa-events.org/ipa-international-congress.
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Shoham Honored Posthumously for Contributions to Family Research
Late APS Board Member Varda Shoham was recognized posthumously as a recipient of the Distinguished Contributions to Family Systems Research Award at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA). Her husband Michael Rohrbaugh, a clinical professor of psychology and psychiatry at George Washington University, shared the award with Shoham.
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How Did Humans Learn to Count? Baboons May Offer Clues
Learning to count comes early in life for humans. Most kids know how to count before they enter formal schooling and the ability to understand basic quantities is fundamental to everyday life. Researchers at the University of Rochester wanted to know whether the cognitive underpinnings for this important ability might be found in some of our close cousins: baboons. "Nonhuman animals do not use words like one, two, and three, or numerals like 1, 2, and 3, to “count” in the way that humans do. Nonetheless, it is well established that monkeys and other animals can approximate quantities without these symbolic labels," researcher Jessica Cantlon and colleagues write.
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Intuition and Cooperative Decision Making Focus of APS Registered Replication Report Project
Editors of Perspectives on Psychological Science are now accepting proposals from researchers who would like to participate in a new Registered Replication Report (RRR) designed to replicate a 2012 experiment on cooperation and selfishness in economic decision making. The experiment, conducted by David G. Rand, Joshua D. Greene, and Martin A. Nowak, explored the hypothesis that people will be more likely to cooperate when they have to make quick, intuitive decisions.
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Fourth Annual Stanford Psychology Conference
The Fourth Annual Stanford Psychology Conference will be held July 16 and 17, 2015, at Stanford University’s Paul Brest Hall. The conference focuses on the teaching of introductory psychology. For more information, see the conference website.
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25th Annual Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science Meeting
Carleton University will host the 25th Annual Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science Meeting (CSBBCS) from June 5 to 7, 2015. For more information, visit the conference website.
