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Make Your Voice Heard on NIH Proposal
NIH has issued a Request for Information asking the community to weigh in on a number of questions related to basic behavioral science, and NIH needs to hear from individual scientists like you that basic human subjects research should not be classified as clinical trials.
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Cattell Fund Projects Include Explorations of Sensory Processes, Memory
With support from the James McKeen Cattell Fund, four researchers are devoting sabbaticals to advancing research on active sensing, spatial and episodic memory, and children’s emotional development.
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The Objectivity Illusion in Medical Practice
Medical professionals are in no way immune to pitfalls in judgment and decision-making. Guest columnists Don Redelmeier of the University of Toronto and APS Fellow Lee Ross of Stanford University discuss how psychological science can help physicians recognize the biases that affect their practices.
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Visualizing Specific Impacts of Climate Change Could Change Behavior
Many people view climate change as a distant, abstract threat. But having them imagine the tangible consequences of resulting droughts or floods may help shift this perception and encourage proenvironmental behavior, a new study suggests.
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Are We Wired to Sit?
Are we born to be physically lazy? A sophisticated if disconcerting new neurological study suggests that we probably are. It finds that even when people know that exercise is desirable and plan to work out
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Why Do People Stay When a Hurricane Comes?
Hurricane Florence is currently battering the Carolina coast. A weakened yet still severe storm, experts expect flooding, high winds and torrential rains in the area, possibly for days. After issuing a mandatory evacuation order, Gov.
