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APS Fellow Kristina Olson Receives Nation’s Top Honor for Early-Career Scientists
The 2018 Waterman Award recognizes Olson’s innovative research on social cognition and cognitive development in children.
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Classical or Country? Music Choices Can Indicate Some Aspects of Personality
In particular, the personality traits ‘openness to experience’ and extraversion were uniquely associated with preferences for specific types of music
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Mothers Plant the Seeds for Children’s Future Eco-Friendliness
A study of mothers and their children shows that children carry the influence of their mothers’ environmental behaviors into early adulthood.
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Bouchard Receives Dunnette Prize for Study of Individual Difference
APS Fellow Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., professor emeritus of psychology and Director of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research at the University of Minnesota, has been awarded the Dunnette Prize for the Study of Individual Differences for his 20-year study establishing the role of genetic influence on a wide range of traits including intellectual ability, personality, vocational interests, religiosity, and political views.
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Estes Workshop and 7th Annual Mid-West Cognitive Science Conference
Estes Workshop and 7th Annual Mid-West Cognitive Science Conference May 12th-15th, 2018 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Estes Workshop Co-Sponsored by: The Association for Psychological Science The Psychonomic Society Conference Co-sponsored by: The Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University The Indiana University Emerging Area of Research on Learning: Machines, Brains, and Children The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Registration for the Estes Workshop taking place May 14-15th, “Deep, fast and shallow learning in humans and machines,” is open until April 26th.
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Increasing Vaccination: Putting Psychological Science Into Action
Research on vaccination behavior shows that the most effective interventions focus directly on shaping patients’ and parents’ behavior instead of trying to change their minds.
