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APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions
The APS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2012 recipients of the APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, in recognition of the significant impact their work is having in
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Low Socioeconomic Status Means Worse Health – But Not for Everyone
Poverty is bad for your health. Poor people are much more likely to have heart disease, stroke, and cancer than wealthy people, and have a lower life expectancy, too. Children who grow up poor are
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Decision-Making Under Stress: The Brain Remembers Rewards, Forgets Punishments
TIME: If you’re trying to make an important decision while the baby is crying, the boss is shouting on the phone and the cat has chosen this moment to think outside the box, you might
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Stress turns men into risk-takers, while women play it safe
Toronto Star: Stress increases the differences in how men and women think about risk, according to a newly published article in Current Directions in Psychological Science. The article reviewed a number of previous studies that
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How does stress affect your decision-making?
CBC News: New research suggests people under stress are more likely to look on the positive side of things when making choices. Researchers studying the effects of stress on decision-making found that anxiety changes the
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The bright side of strife? Stress makes you see the upside of difficult situations – but that isn’t always a good thing
The Daily Mail: Stress actually makes us focus on the positive side of difficult situations, a new study has revealed – but that isn’t always healthy. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that
