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Multitasking in the Automobile
David L. Strayer has spent more than a decade studying the fundamental factors that impair drivers and lead to automobile accidents. Some distractions — like talking or texting on a smartphone — are already widely
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Developing a Taste for Perceptual Psychology
No two people perceive a particular food in exactly the same way. Discoveries in genetics and psychology point to genetic variations in taste and smell receptors as root causes of individual differences in taste and smell. The APS Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science awarded a grant to Danielle R. Reed and Scott Stein to support the creation of an in-class teaching module entitled Developing a Taste for Perceptual Psychology.
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How to Spot Pseudoneuroscience and Biobunk
When it comes to pseudoscience, social psychologist and writer Carol A. Tavris is a self-appointed curmudgeon. “I have spent many years lobbing hand grenades at psychobabble — that wonderful assortment of pop psych ideas that
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APS Teaching Fund Small Grants Program
Brief descriptions of some of the Small Grants Program projects completed between 2009-2011.
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APS Receives $1 Million Gift
Noted textbook author David Myers has pledged $1 million to the American Psychological Society to establish an endowed fund that aims “to enhance the teaching and public understanding of psychological science for students and the
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New Local Network Connects High School, Community College, and University Instructors of Psychological Science
With the help of the APS Teaching Fund small grant, Kiesa Kelly, Peter Giordano, and Holly Yates held the first annual Psychology Educators of Tennessee (PET) Teaching of Psychology Workshop to facilitate cross-pollination among educators in central Tennessee.
