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Research Briefs
Recent highlights from APS journals articles on learning about the self, mental health interventions, representational momentum for physical states, and much more.
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Gender, Dopamine, and a Closed Gas Station
A “safe” retirement investment put this cognitive psychologist’s lifetime of learning to the test.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on theory-of-mind development in deaf children, male variability in cooperation, hypnosis and visual tasks, attitude formation, early training and musical skills, whether children prioritize saving animals, and the use of moral language in the U.S. Congress.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on mobile eye-tracking to study behavior in real-world environments, a framework for understanding cooperation, the construction of social networks, dynamic personality structures, and personalized computational models of reading acquisition and dyslexia.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on delay of gratification in children, the link between religiosity and violent crime, self-objectification and women’s social activism, and how object design can afford learning.
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“Marshmallow Test” Redux: New Research Reveals Children Show Better Self-Control When They Depend on Each Other
Children are more likely to control their immediate impulses when they and a peer rely on each other to get a reward than when they’re left to their own willpower, new research indicates.
