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Don’t Ditch the Laptop Just Yet: Replication Finds No Immediate Advantage to Writing Notes by Hand
Attempts to replicate previous studies suggest writing notes by hand may offer no benefit over typing.
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Call for Abstracts: Behavior, Energy and Climate Change 2021 Conference
The Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change (BECC) 2021 Conference is accepting abstracts through April 1, 2021. BECC 2021 will be held virtually November 8-10, 2021. Apply for student fellowships here. More information is available on the conference website.
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Missing the Crowd for the Faces: The Crowd-Emotion-Amplification Effect
How good are we at reading crowds’ emotions? Research indicates that individuals tend to focus their attention on the faces that exhibit the most extreme emotions, leading them to overestimate the crowd’s actual emotional state. These findings have implications for public speaking as well as for controlling crowd demonstrations.
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SOBC 101: Measuring the Mechanisms of Behavior Change
NIH’s Science of Behavior Change initiative aims to support research on the basic psychological mechanisms underlying health behaviors.
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Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Were Excluded From COVID-19 Vaccine Priority Guidelines
It is critical that the entire I/DD population gains access to priority vaccines, writes developmental psychologist Emily Hotez.
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When the Perfect Mentor Is Outside Your Network
The National Research Mentoring Network, supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is a free social and professional networking tool that matches and facilitates mentoring relationships using evidence-based best practices and online resources.
