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Society for the Study of Human Development 8th Biennial Meeting
Registration is now open for the 8th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development to be held Nov. 3–5, 2013 at the Fort Lauderdale Beach and Spa Resort, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Discounted early registration is available until October 15, 2013. This year’s conference theme is: Rethinking Developmental Science across the Life-Span/Life-Course: Theory, Methods, and Applications For program information (including keynote and invited plenary symposia speakers) and to register for the conference and lodging go to: www.sshdonline.org
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Q&A on Regifting With Gabrielle Adams
Gabrielle Adams is an assistant professor of organizational behavior at London Business School. Her research interests include morality and ethical behavior, as well as human behavior. In reference to "The Gifts We Keep On Giving," the research article in Psychological Science: What sparked your interest to study psychology and human behavior? As an undergraduate, I first decided to major in Philosophy because I wanted to ask questions about fundamental problems. When I took Thane Pittman’s social psychology course at Colby College, I realized that I could also come up with some answers to these questions by conducting empirical tests of the ideas I had about human behavior.
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A Long-Term Approach to Studying Antisocial Behavior
Some people respond to life’s pressures by engaging in criminal behavior; others don’t. Psychological scientists are trying to figure out why criminals are different, but much of the existing research that connects personal characteristics to antisocial behavior has measured personality and behavior simultaneously, making it difficult to establish a causal relationship. A longitudinal study of Estonian adolescents that was recently published in the European Journal of Personality may be an important addition to the literature on antisocial behavior.
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Q&A With Zoë Chance
Zoë Chance is a lecturer in marketing at the Yale School of Management. Her research includes consumer behavior, focusing on decision making and social welfare. We invited our Facebook and Twitter followers, as well as students, to submit questions based on Chance's research, and here is what she had to say. In reference to the research article in Psychological Science, "Giving Time Gives You Time" : Is there a relationship between the amount of time given or volunteered and the amount of time received? We didn’t find a relationship between the amount of time given or volunteered and the amount of time received — at least between 10 and 30 minutes.
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Short-term Summer Fellowship for Teaching Neuroethics
Would you or a neuroscience colleague like to develop and teach a course on neuroethics at your institution? The University of Pennsylvania is ready to help, by offering Short-term Visiting Fellowships for Teaching Neuroethics. This summer the Penn Center for Neuroscience & Society will host 16 college and university professors with primary expertise in neuroscience for a week-long intensive course on "neuroethics," that is, the ethical, legal and societal implications of neuroscience.
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APS Fellow Nakamura to Direct the NIH’s Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins announced that APS Fellow and Charter Member Richard Nakamura will be the new director for the NIH’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR). Nakamura has been serving as the acting director since September 2011. Nakamura came to NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in 1976 as a postdoctoral fellow. In the mid-80's he coordinated NIMH’s Biobehavioral Program and later was Chief of its Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch. Between 1997 and 2007, he served as the institute's Deputy Director. From 2007 to 2011 he has been institute Scientific Director.
