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Why Relationships End
In case you missed it, the cameras were rolling at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. Watch Judith Biesen from the University of the Pacific present her poster session research on “Sexual Satisfaction and the Decision to Terminate a Romantic Relationship.” Biesen and her coauthors assessed how two factors — the ascription to certain life roles (i.e. marital role, occupational role, parental role) and topics chosen for a problem-solving discussion) — moderated the relationship between sexual satisfaction and relationship termination.
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A Conversation About Music, Mind, and Health
What effect does music have on the brain, and what can music teach us about the brain? In this video 24th APS Annual Convention Speaker Aniruddh Patel and music therapist Barbara Reuer speak with David Granet of the University of California's Health Matters about music, cognition, and health. Scientists are just beginning to understand music’s implications for language acquisition, emotions, social skills, learning, and memory. Watch the interview to learn more about music and the mind, including research published in Psychological Science showing that music and other synchronized activities encourage cooperation.
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23rd Annual Greater New York Conference on Behavioral Research Thanks APS
Last Fall 140 students and faculty researchers from over 20 institutions as far as California and Moscow converged on Touro College’s Lander College for Women in Manhattan for the 23rd Greater New York Conference on Behavioral Research. This Conference included 41 scientific presentations by 59 researchers, selected by a review committee of faculty from area colleges. The Greater New York Conference was started in 1989 in New York City by a consortium of 8 organizations, including APS, with the aim to involve students in high quality behavioral research.
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Q & A With Psychological Scientist Wilhelm Hofmann
Wilhelm Hofmann is a psychological scientist at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. We invited our Facebook and Twitter followers to submit their questions to Hofmann on self-control and temptation. Below are his answers: In your study, did you ask people what they craved or liked, or did you choose a typical food most people try to stay away from while they are dieting? We know from food diary and laboratory studies that dieters have particular problems staying away from highly palatable food, ¾ food the body finds rewarding because it contains high amounts of fat, sugar or salt.
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Psychopathy Conference: Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychopathy
The Psychopathy Conference will be held May 3, 2012 at Congress Centre London. For more information visit http://www.medineo.org/products/24-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-psychopathy.aspx.
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Good Reason to Dwell on What Might Have Been
Don’t beat yourself up for daydreaming about what would have happened if you’d chosen a different career, bought a different house, or committed to a different partner. Research suggests that thinking about what might have been helps us find meaning in past events we can no longer change. Laura Kray of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley is an expert in counterfactual research. In this clip from the Haas School, Kray discusses some of the research she will present at the 24th APS Annual Convention. In one experiment, Kray and her coauthors asked participants to write about a turning point in their lives.
