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Fun Workplaces Also Promote Learning
A growing body of research has shown that fun in the workplace has important consequences for learning and motivation.
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Opportunities in Basic Research in Developmental Sciences and in the Science of Learning at NSF
Apply for Developmental Sciences funding opportunities by clicking here, and apply for Science of Learning funding opportunities by clicking here. Reflecting promising new directions in research in two main areas in psychological science, research in
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What Do We Want Our Scientific Discourse to Look Like?
Psychological scientist Alison Ledgerwood curates a discussion on what scientific discourse has become in the age of social media and how it might evolve to be more productive.
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Finding Common Ground Between Classic Learning Theories
In an APS-Psychonomic Society W.K. & K.W. Estes Lecture, APS Past President and US National Medal of Science Laureate Gordon H. Bower delivers a 60-year retrospective on his attempts to integrate the
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Children Can ‘Catch’ Social Bias Through Nonverbal Signals Expressed by Adults
Preschool-aged children can learn bias even through nonverbal signals displayed by adults, such as a condescending tone of voice or a disapproving look.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring how we learn natural-science categories and how gestalt grouping influences perceptual averaging in vision.
