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Psychonomic Society’s 56th Annual Meeting
Psychonomic Society’s 56th Annual Meeting November 19–22, 2015 Chicago, Illinois, USA www.psychonomic.org/annual-meeting Keynote Address: Asher Koriat, University of Haifa
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Inside the Psychologist’s Studio: Claude Steele
Past APS Board Member Claude Steele says his social psychology research — on topics ranging from self-image to alcohol’s effects on attention — reached a new level of quality once he learned to take the perspective of the actor, not the observer. In a newly released “Inside the Psychologist’s Studio” interview, the acclaimed scientist says adopting the subjects’ viewpoint helped him design more effective experiments. “When you take the perspective of somebody who’s actually in a psychological situation, like a student who’s intoxicated, everything is a lot clearer, and your intuition is better informed,” Steele said in the interview.
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27th Annual Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies
June 29–July 3, 2015 Oakland, California www.hnu.edu/ishs/ISHS2015
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International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
ISTSS 31st Annual Conference Back to Basics: Integrating Clinical and Scientific Knowledge to Advance the Field of Trauma November 5 -7, 2015 New Orleans, Louisiana www.istss.org
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Sleep Quality and Parenting Related to Children’s Executive Function
Different fields of study, even within the discipline of psychological science, have a tendency to be fragmented, which can hinder our understanding of complex processes such as human development. Research suggests that understanding children’s developmental
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6th FPR–UCLA Interdisciplinary Conference
A Critical Moment: Sex/Gender Research at the Intersection of Culture, Brain, & Behavior October 23-24, 2015 UCLA This conference occurs at a critical juncture in sex/gender research in neuroscience, anthropology, psychology, and related disciplines. New theories are utilizing a conception of the brain as dynamic, plastic, and adaptable, and of sex/gender brain and behavioral differences as subject to the influence of a broad range of biological, cultural, and social or environmental factors. In organizing this conference, our aim is to bring the neuro- and social sciences together to consider three cross-cutting questions on sex/gender: Why now? what’s fixed/changing/changeable?
