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Solutions to resolution dilution
featured December 29, 2005

APA provides tips for managing weight-loss resolutions
featured December 29, 2005

For a healthy mind and body, talk to a psychologist
featured December 29, 2005

APA provides tips for managing weight-loss resolutions
featured December 27, 2005

Taking work home can depress mood, energy
featured December 27, 2005

APA Expert Summit on Immigration: San Antonio TX, 2/2/06
featured December 27, 2005

APA Help Center now offers psychology materials in Spanish
featured December 26, 2005

Can social problem-solving skills keep teens out of trouble?
featured December 26, 2005

Ball State University wins department of the year
featured December 26, 2005

Money issues leading cause of holiday stress for Americans
featured December 23, 2005

Tips for parents on managing holiday stress
featured December 23, 2005

Dealing positively with holiday stress
featured December 23, 2005

APA applauds mental health priority of White House Conference on Aging
featured December 20, 2005

Gender stereotypes hinder success
featured December 20, 2005

How much should you be earning?
featured December 20, 2005

Happiness may lead to success via positive emotions
featured December 18, 2005

Making psychology a household word
featured December 18, 2005

New children's books from Magination press
featured December 18, 2005

Tips for parents on managing holiday stress
featured December 16, 2005

How to land your first job in psychology
featured December 16, 2005

Early malnutrition impairs development and cognition
featured December 16, 2005

The 21st century American family
featured December 14, 2005

APA launches “Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards” website
featured December 14, 2005

APA's U.N. representatives bring psychology to the world
featured December 13, 2005

Anxiety topic page now available
featured December 13, 2005

Dr. Sharon S. Brehm, Ph.D. elected APA president for 2007
featured December 12, 2005

APA offers free journal access to world's poorest countries
featured December 11, 2005

Report lists faculty salaries, adjunct fees
featured December 10, 2005

New members site – http://my.APA.org
featured December 10, 2005

Find a psychologist
featured December 8, 2005

Warning signs of youth violence
featured December 6, 2005

SAMSHA grants to boost college mental health services
featured December 6, 2005

Uncontrolled high blood pressure leads to cognitive problems
featured December 4, 2005

2006-2007 APA Policy Fellowships & Internships
featured December 4, 2005

NIH research funding in limbo
featured December 4, 2005

The Public Face of Psychological Science
APA's Science Leadership Conference will host a live broadcast of NPR's Science Friday® program.
featured December 1, 2005

RSS Now Available
Subscribe to APA.org RSS headline feeds and get notified when new content is published in APA journals or through the Psychology in the News service.
featured December 1, 2005

Increasing The Nation's Blood Supply
According to research presented at APA's 2005 Convention, if agencies such as the American Red Cross educated donors about simple steps that can prevent the side-effects of donating blood, more people might regularly donate.
featured November 27, 2005

Help For Aspiring Authors
APA Publication's Author's Corner offers announcements, calls for papers, instructions for manuscript preparation and much more.
featured November 27, 2005

'Bad' Cholesterol On The Rise
Mental stress can raise a person's cholesterol levels, increasing risk for later heart problems, according to a new article in Health Psychology.
featured November 22, 2005

Back To The Big Easy
APA's 2006 annual meeting will be held in New Orleans, August 10 – 13, 2006. This unanimous decision by the APA Board of Directors was based on health reports and APA's own site visit confirming that necessary services can be provided.
featured November 20, 2005

OPL – A New Teaching Resource
APA's Online Psychology Laboratory (OPL) offers teachers interactive studies and demonstrations that can be integrated seamlessly into your classroom.
featured November 20, 2005

Why We Can't Remember When...
The hippocampus's role in memory may help explain why we cannot remember our early childhood, and why stress affects our memory later in life.
featured November 20, 2005

In Katrina's Wake
Psychology students displaced by Hurricane Katrina look to rebuild their lives, as their peers lend a helping hand.
featured November 20, 2005

To Tell The Truth
The field of credibility assessment has begun to take some interesting and exciting leaps forward.
featured November 18, 2005

Balancing Correction And Care
Psychologists examine the challenges of providing mental health care for inmates in this month's Monitor.
featured November 18, 2005

ACT Against Violence National Training Program
The 2006 training program for Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence is now accepting registrations.
featured November 15, 2005

'Pending Riot,' Or 'Tastes Like Chicken?'
Psychologists work to educate prison officials about how culture shapes inmates' behavior.
featured November 13, 2005

You're Always Teaching… Teach Carefully
ACT—Adults and Children Together—Against Violence is a violence prevention project that focuses on adults who raise, care for, and teach children ages 0 to 8 years.
featured November 13, 2005

An Emotional Win
People evaluate candidates' emotions based on gender, research suggests, and female candidates may need to regulate their emotions more closely than men.
featured November 10, 2005

Musical Motivations
People who tend to make unplanned purchases spend even more freely when background music is playing in the store.
featured November 10, 2005

A Recipe For Overeating
Two studies in the October issue of Behavioral Neuroscience help explain why dieters rebound and what can trigger binge eating.
featured November 10, 2005

APA Expert Summit On Immigration: "Global Realities: Intersections And Transitions"
San Antonio, Texas, February 2, 2006
Join APA President-Elect Dr. Gerry Koocher in discovering how psychology has the potential to help to move America in greater acceptance of multiculturalism.

featured November 6, 2005

On Psychological Ethics and National Security (PENS)
APA's Presidential Task Force on Psychological Ethics and National Security report addresses the ethical dimensions of psychologists' involvement in national security-related activities.
featured November 6, 2005

A Recipe For Overeating
Two studies in the October issue of Behavioral Neuroscience help explain why dieters rebound and what can trigger a binge if someone's predisposed to binge eating.
featured November 6, 2005

The Week's Top News From APA
Pre-K and Early Head Start Programs Enhance Children's Development
APA Statement on Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)
APA's Award Winning Consumer Help Center Adds Two New Features for the Public and Media

featured November 3, 2005

Early Childhood Education
Pre-K and Early Head Start programs enhance children's development, especially among disadvantaged, lower income preschoolers, say researchers.
featured November 1, 2005

Answers To Your Questions About Panic Disorder
Panic Disorder is a serious condition that one out of every 75 people might experience. People sometimes see 10 or more doctors before being properly diagnosed, and as few as one out of four people with the disorder receive the treatment they need.
featured October 30, 2005

The Mind's Mirror
A new type of neuron--called a mirror neuron--could help explain how we learn through mimicry and why we empathize with others.
featured October 27, 2005

Controlling Anger -- Before It Controls You
Anger is a completely normal, and usually healthy, human emotion. But when anger gets out of control and turns destructive, it can lead to problems: problems at work, in your personal relationships, and in the overall quality of your life.
featured October 25, 2005

Suicide Among Youth - Which Mental Disorders Are Responsible?
Mental health professionals need to be watchful of mental health problems beyond depression in order to prevent youth suicide, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO) published in the October issue of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
featured October 23, 2005

Healthy Kids Make Better Students
More schools are putting health centers on-site, improving students' health and mental health care-- and offering new opportunities for clinical psychologists.
featured October 21, 2005

Psychology And Your Health
Recent findings show that work-related burnout can lead to cardiovascular disease and other inflammatory-linked illness. Now, researchers find evidence that men and women differ in their inflammatory reactions to work-related burnout and depression.
featured October 18, 2005

APA Expert Summit on Immigration: "Global Realities: Intersections and Transitions"
San Antonio, Texas, February 2, 2006
Join APA President-Elect Dr. Gerry Koocher in discovering how psychology has the potential to help to move America in greater acceptance of multiculturalism.

featured October 16, 2005

October Is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
APA encourages you to learn more about domestic violence and the impact it may have upon your life or the lives of those you know.
From the Monitor

  • Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence campaign
  • Family violence challenges, opportunities to help
    Also of Interest...
  • Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence website
  • APA Women's Program Office
    featured October 16, 2005

    More About Violence From APA

  • APA Calls For Reduction Of Violence In Interactive Media Used By Children And Adolescents (08/17/05)
  • Stress And Aggression Reinforce Each Other At The Biological Level, Creating A Vicious Cycle (10/03/04)
    featured October 16, 2005

    That Love-Struck Look
    Like human mothers, certain groups of chimpanzees also use the mother-infant mutual gaze, depending on their social norms.
    featured October 9, 2005

    Like Father, Like Son
    A parent's depression plays a role in the occurrence, and severity, of depression among their adolescent children.
    featured October 9, 2005

    Counting Sheep
    Two new studies add to the evidence that insomnia is a significant risk factor for the onset, or recurrence, of depression.
    featured October 9, 2005

    APA In The News
    Plugged In, But Tuned Out: Getting Kids To Connect To The Non-Virtual World
    October 6, 2005, Wall Street Journal
    Americans Coping With Stress, Anxiety Might Find Relief With Exercise
    October 6, 2005, NewsRx.com
    So What Do You Have To Do To Find Happiness?
    October 2, 2005, The Sunday Times (UK)

    featured October 6, 2005

    Hot Off The Presses
    A new report, Toward an Urban Psychology: Research, Action, and Policy, provides an examination of critical urban issues for psychology, summarizes the state of scientific research, and offers an agenda for action in urban psychology.
    featured October 6, 2005

    Autism's Smoking Gun?
    New research suggests that a malfunctioning mirror-neuron system could be behind the social isolation of autism.
    featured October 2, 2005

    Living A Smoke-Free Life
    Three researchers who study behavior-based means of cutting the risks of tobacco use have made a case for counseling patients about the health risks of exposure to secondhand smoke when they're asked about direct tobacco use.
    featured October 2, 2005

    APA Convention 2006: Call for Workshop Proposals
    The APA Office of Continuing Education in Psychology and the Continuing Education Committee (CEC) is seeking new and innovative proposals that represent the interests of clinicians, researchers, academics, and psychologists seeking new knowledge and skills. Submission Deadline: November 1, 2005
    featured October 2, 2005

    APAPO, Medicaid And Mental Health
    APA Practice Organization lobbying efforts were successful in reducing cuts to Medicaid benefits the nation's largest source of funding for mental health services like substance abuse rehabilitation and treatment of mental disorders.
    featured September 29, 2005

    The Week's Top News From APA

  • APAHelpCenter.org offers tips for hosting families displaced by hurricane Katrina
  • APA's topic page on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) offers help in identifying symptoms of PTSD and finding appropriate treatment
  • New research in the APA journal Neuropsychology reports advancements in predicting Alzheimer's disease

  • featured September 29, 2005

    APA Offers Help For Hosts
    Hosting a family displaced by Katrina can be rewarding and certainly offers you the opportunity to do some tremendous good, but special considerations are needed to make the "visit" go smoothly. Find out more in Tips for Hosting Families Displaced by Hurricane Katrina, from APAHelpCenter.org.
    featured September 27, 2005

    Advancements In Predicting Alzheimer's
    Two recent studies may help better predict and understand Alzheimer's type dementia earlier. Both studies appear in the September issue of the APA journal Neuropsychology.
    featured September 27, 2005

    Time Doesn't Heal All Wounds
    The passage of time doesn't always bring relief to survivors of traumatic events. Instead, some are finding it more difficult to cope now than they did in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy. APA's topic page on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) offers help in identifying symptoms of PTSD and finding appropriate treatment for those affected.
    featured September 25, 2005

    Ethics In Extreme Settings
    Psychologists can ethically serve in consultative roles to interrogation or information-gathering processes for national security-related purposes, but must do so within the boundaries of a strict set of ethical considerations.
    featured September 25, 2005

    Psychologists On The Front Lines
    Are you prepared for a disaster in your community? In the article below APA member Dr. Sam Goldstein, PhD, maintains that preparation is the key to confronting, and surviving, unforeseen disasters. 'It's Psychologically Healthy to Prepare'
    September 20, 2005, Newsweek

    featured September 20, 2005

    Helping Children Cope With Disaster
    APF funding is helping the Population and Community Development Association of Thailand use a mountain resort camp to help Thai children recover from the tsunami's lingering affects. Lessons learned may benefit victims of Katrina as well.
    featured September 20, 2005

    After Katrina: More Assistance From APA
    APA is offering free Spanish-Language materials on its online consumer help center, http://www.APAHelpCenter.org, that provide tips for coping in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Materials to be added soon include tips for parents and tips for teens.
    Related information...

    featured September 18, 2005

    Men And Women Are Both From… Earth?
    The popular media has portrayed men and women as psychologically different as two planets - but these differences are vastly overestimated and the two sexes are more similar in personality, communication, cognitive ability and leadership than realized.
    featured September 18, 2005

    APA Responds to Katrina
    APA has responded to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina with financial assistance and the unique skills of psychologists when people are in need. APA is offering financial assistance to charitable and relief organizations, dues relief to affected APA members, training to mental health responders, and information to the public and policymakers about trauma, trauma recovery and the role of psychologists in that process.
    featured September 15, 2005

    Psychologists On The Front Lines
    The efforts of APA's Disaster Response Network have been significant… read about DRN members & activities in the following articles:

  • Some Are Found, All Are Lost: For The Littlest Victims The Trauma Will Last A Lifetime
    September 19, 2005 issue, Newsweek
  • Uncharted Territory: Mental Health Experts Struggle to Forecast Katrina's Psychological Impacts -- and Best Treatments
    September 13, 2005, Washington Post (free registration required)
  • Dr. Phil 'Rescuing The Rescuers'
    September 12, 2005, CBS News

  • featured September 12, 2005

    Hurricane Katrina: Psychologists Helping Psychologists

  • APA's Science Directorate has compiled valuable hurricane assistance information for scientists and researchers affected by Katrina.
  • The Education Directorate homepage offers wealth of information for psychology students, interns, faculty, researchers and practitioners in need.

  • featured September 10, 2005

    Hurricane Katrina: APA's DRN Has Hit The Ground Running
    As reported by Newsweek, members of APA's Disaster Response Network are working hard to deal with the damaged psyches, hurting hearts and emotional fallout of Hurricane Katrina.
    >>A Very Long Recovery
    September 6, 2005, Newsweek
    Also of interest…
    >> APA's Response to Hurricane Katrina
    >> Application to volunteer with APA's Disaster Response Network (DRN)

    featured September 8, 2005

    Hurricane Katrina: Help From APA
    APA's Education Directorate has compiled a wealth of information for psychology students, interns, faculty, researchers and practitioners in need.

  • Assistance available through psychology organizations PDF
  • Opportunities for psychology faculty, students and interns PDF
  • APA's Education Directorate

  • Also of interest…
    >> APA Help Center Offers Materials To Public On Managing Traumatic Stress After Hurricane Katrina
    featured September 6, 2005

    Managing Traumatic Stress: After Hurricane Katrina
    The effects of a hurricane like Katrina will be long-lasting and the resulting trauma can reverberate even with those not directly affected by the disaster. Understanding normal responses to these abnormal events can aid you in coping effectively with your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors, and help you along the path to recovery.
    Also of interest…
    >> APA Help Center Offers Materials To Public On Managing Traumatic Stress After Hurricane Katrina
    featured September 4, 2005

    HURRICANE KATRINA
    Help From APA
    APA is offering free materials to the public on managing traumatic stress in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The materials include information for people both directly and indirectly affected by the hurricane and provides strategies for people to help themselves, their families and children and those struggling to cope from afar.
    featured September 1, 2005

    HURRICANE KATRINA
    APA Member Psychologists On The Disaster
    Chaos, Crime Add To Katrina's Mental Woes
    September 1, 2005, Reuters
    "Social order is just breaking down," said psychologist Debra Borys, a disaster specialist who practices in Los Angeles. "To have the human-to-human violence added to the violence of nature -- people could feel there is no safety." -- APA Member Dr. Debra Borys, PhD
    "When the the resources run out they tend to have more difficulty in coping," said Gerard Jacobs, a psychologist and head of the University of South Dakota's Disaster Mental Health Institute. -- APA Fellow Dr. Gerard Jacobs, PhD
    Read the full-text article
    featured August 31, 2005

    Psychological Ethics And National Security
    A new study has discovered a vicious APA's Council of Representatives has endorsed a Task Force Report on Psychological Ethics and National Security that sets forth strict ethical guidelines for psychologists' participation in national security-related investigations and interrogations.
    featured August 28, 2005

    Opiates Increase Vulnerability To Stress
    A new study has discovered a vicious cycle between stress and opiates: Not only does stress trigger drug use, but in return the drug leaves animals more vulnerable to stress. This helps to explain why people who use opiates such as heroin have very high rates of anxiety problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder, even after they stop using.

    featured August 28, 2005

    HURRICANE KATRINA
    APA's Natural Disaster Assistance
    >> APA's Disaster Response Network (DRN) is a national network of volunteer psychologists with training in disaster response.
    >>Managing Traumatic Stress: Tips for Recovering From Natural Disasters
    >>APA Natural Disasters Webpage
    >>APA Help Center offers tips and articles on the psychological issues that affect the physical and emotional well-being of disaster survivors.
    featured August 28, 2005


    2005 APA Convention Press Releases: Featured on the APA site throughout the 2005 Convention (August 18-21, 2005)
    New Research Extends Understanding Of The Positive Health Effects Of Expressive Writing
    WASHINGTON — Researchers have known for some time that expressive writing can have a positive effect on the writer's health, such as illness recovery. Now researchers have shown that the effects of affective expressions are not necessarily fixed but rather dependent on the writer's mental context at the time.

    Review Of Research Shows That Playing Violent Video Games Can Heighten Aggression
    WASHINGTON – Violent video games can increase aggressive behavior in children and adolescents, both in the short- and long-term, according to an empirical review of the last 20 years of research.

    Episode Of Minor Depression Found To Increase The Risk For Developing Major Depression, Confirms A Longitudinal Study
    WASHINGTON – Those who feel sad and lack an interest in regular life activities for at least two weeks and qualify for a diagnosis of minor depression are six times as likely to develop major depression compared to those who don’t have these symptoms.

    Health And Consumer Groups Call For An Integrated Health Care System
    WASHINGTON — A coalition of 24 health care provider, public health and consumer groups today called for the integration of behavioral and mental health services into the nation’s primary and public health systems.

    Mental Health Of U.S. Correctional Inmates
    WASHINGTON — According to a symposium of psychological and public health experts presenting at the 113th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), a lack of mental health diagnosis and treatment does exist in many U.S. correctional facilities for those inmates who have a mental illness.

    APA Gives Media Recognition Award To CBS News’ The Early Show
    WASHINGTON – CBS News' popular morning news program, The Early Show, will receive the 2005 News Media Recognition Award for excellence in reporting of psychological research and information.

    Informing The Public About Psychological Health Through Public Art
    WASHINGTON — Art serves as a way to teach the public about psychology in "Heads Up Kentucky! Psychology Promotes Healthy Living," an innovative public health education campaign that pairs consumer information about psychological aspects of health with appealing street art.

    APA Calls For Reduction Of Violence In Interactive Media Used By Children And Adolescents
    WASHINGTON - Research shows playing violent video games increases aggressive behavior and decreases helpful behavior; learning critical evaluating skills may reduce negative effects.

    Press Information About American Psychological Association's 113th Annual Convention In Washington, DC August 18-21, 2005
    WASHINGTON — Major convention themes and logistics, facilities, hours and convention highlights of interest to members of the press.


    ACTing Up
    A violence prevention initiative developed by APA is targeting everyday aggression. Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence has launched its third national media campaign with new radio, billboard and newspaper ads that educate parents about the negative effects of everyday aggression.
    featured August 14, 2005

    Kids & TV Violence
    Violent programs on television lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch those programs. Fortunately parents have tremendous power to moderate the influence of violent programming.
    featured August 14, 2005

    CE Workshops & Sessions
    60 Continuing Education Workshops will be offered by the APA Office of Continuing Education in Psychology and the Continuing Education Committee.
    Over 200 Continuing Education Sessions will be offered by APA Divisions and APA Directorates/Offices.

    featured August 11, 2005

    Psychology In The News

  • An Evolving View of Giftedness And Talent: An Interview With APA's Rena Subotnik
  • People Are Fairly Good At Judging Health Risks -- But Only When They Stick To Personal Experience
  • Talk Therapy Succeeds In Reducing Suicide Risk

  • featured August 11, 2005

    NEWS FROM APA: PHOBIAS
    When Health Fears Hurt Health

    Some people neglect their health because of phobias about dentists, needles, diseases and germs. But psychological interventions show promise in treating such fears.
    featured August 9, 2005

    Figuring Out Phobia
    Researchers are using neuroimaging techniques to delve into the neurobiological underpinnings of phobias, with a view to improving treatments.
    featured August 9, 2005

    Family Support Aids Treatment
    Symptoms of agoraphobia can take a toll on sufferers' families as well as the sufferers themselves; however, with family support people with agoraphobia are more likely to bounce back into normal routines.
    featured August 9, 2005

    Who Knows You Best?
    Psychologists find that people are fairly good at judging their health risks -- but only when they base their opinion on their own history and what's happened to people they know instead of relying on 3rd party sources such as obituaries and news reports, doctors' warnings, and public-awareness campaigns.
    featured August 7, 2005

    Weight Loss By Any Means?
    San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 2005
    A research team found it could make people believe that some foods sickened them as children, thus making those foods less appealing to them as adults. Stephen Behnke, Ethics Director of APA, wonders about the ethics of lying to people about their past in order to change their current behavior.
    featured August 4, 2005

    On Resilience
    Detroit News, August 4, 2005
    Trisha Meili, a featured speaker at the upcoming APA Convention, is interviewed about her journey of recovery and healing as the "Central Park Jogger."

    featured August 4, 2005

    Just The Facts
    Plain and simple, empirical research shows behavioral treatments for substance abuse and depression help people.
    featured August 2, 2005

    APA Convention Town Hall Meeting
    Come join in an open conversation on psychology's future with APA President Ron Levant, President-elect Gerald Koocher and Chief Executive Officer Norman Anderson. This Town Hall Meeting will be held on Saturday, August 20th from 2:00 to 2:50 in the Washington Convention Center's Meeting Room 143A.
    featured August 2, 2005

    Alzheimer's Early Warning Signs
    An analysis of 47 scientific studies in this month's issue of Neuropsychology finds clear patterns across thousands of people who went on to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, with early warning signs exhibited across several cognitive domains years before an official diagnosis.
    featured July 31, 2005

    Resources On Aging
    APA's Office On Aging serves as a source on aging issues; develops and disseminates information pertaining to older adults; and is involved in efforts to bring psychology into discussions on the issues facing older adults.
    featured July 31, 2005

    New In PSA
    Read about one researchers focus on human visual processing and cognition using a wide variety of methodologies in "How Experience Shapes Vision," in this month's Psychological Science Agenda.
    featured July 26, 2005

    Public Policy Update
    APA is heading a national coalition to address behavioral health concerns--and access to care--in public health.
    featured July 26, 2005

    Again The Target
    Steven Breckler, Executive Director of APA's Science Directorate, speaks out about an amendment to the NIH appropriation bill to rescind the funding of two active NIMH peer-reviewed grants. Both grants were awarded to psychologists.
    featured July 24, 2005

    Counting Pennies In Congress
    The House of Representatives has approved the FY 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill, which provides $28.507 billion for NIH, an increase of $142.3 million but $3 million less than the President's FY 2006 budget request.
    featured July 24, 2005

    Support Scientific Integrity
    As Congress continues to question NIH funding grants, primarily related to sexual behavior and HIV/AIDS, psychologists are encouraged to show their support of NIH and scientific integrity by signing on to a petition developed by the Coalition to Protect Research, co-chaired by APA.
    featured July 24, 2005

    Money Isn't Everything
    Workers who feel personally mistreated or underappreciated during a layoff are more likely to view the layoff as unfair than those who feel well-treated, even if both receive a favorable outcome, such as a large severance package.
    featured July 19, 2005

    The Age Of Religiousness
    American adults have been thought to become more religious as they age, yet a new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology argues that people's religiousness increases or decreases as they age depending on the rational choices they make.
    featured July 19, 2005

    FROM APA JOURNALS:
    Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining
    An optimistic view can help protect a person's health when faced with family member's death and illness, according to a new study in the July issue of Health Psychology (Vol. 24 No. 4).
    featured July 19, 2005

    FROM APA JOURNALS:
    Physical Activity And Psychological Well-Being In Advanced Age: A Meta-Analysis Of Intervention Studies
    Data from 36 studies linking physical activity to well-being in older adults indicates that physical activity had the strongest effects on self-efficacy, and improvements in cardiovascular status, strength, and functional capacity were linked to well-being improvement overall. (Psychology and Aging, Vol. 20 No. 2)
    featured July 17, 2005

    Resources On Aging
    APA's Office On Aging serves as a source on aging issues; develops and disseminates information pertaining to older adults; and is involved in efforts to bring psychology into discussions on the issues facing older adults.
    featured July 17, 2005

    Capacity Assessment In Older Adults Project
    Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Lawyers offers tips for addressing problems of client capacity, in some cases with help from a clinician. It is a must-read for professionals needing to balance autonomy and protection as they confront the challenges of working with older adults with diminished capacity.
    featured July 17, 2005

    PROFILES IN PUBLIC SERVICE: Psychologists Who Make A Difference
    Richard Rubin is publicizing diabetes' behavioral impact at ADA
    Psychologist Mark Goldman seeks to stem alcohol abuse Adrienne Stith Butler and Tracy Myers are addressing public policy issues at IOM Clinical psychologist Lisa Kaneshiro helps fellow Hawaiians lead healthier lives

    featured July 12, 2005

    “Making Psychology A Household Word”
    Psychologists Jana Martin, Nancy Molitor and others are just a few of many psychologists across the country who are spreading the word about psychology to schools, hospitals, businesses and chambers of commerce.
    featured July 12, 2005

    APA's Support Of PPD Legislation
    APA has expressed support for the Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression (PPD) Research and Care Act, which includes provisions that direct the National Institute of Mental Health to expand research on PPD and the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for PPD diagnosis and treatment services.
    featured July 10, 2005

    Psychologists On The Hill
    Psychologists were front and center in Washington, DC at the end of May and early June, as multiple briefings sponsored and cosponsored by APA took place on Capitol Hill.
    featured July 10, 2005

    The Road To Resilience
    How do people deal with difficult events that change their lives? Check out the APA Help Center for information on dealing with challenging life experiences such as the death of a loved one, terrorist attacks, and other traumatic events.
    featured July 7, 2005

    On Psychological Ethics and National Security
    APA's Presidential Task Force on Psychological Ethics And National Security today affirmed the adequacy of the current APA Ethics Code in addressing the ethical dimensions of psychologists' involvement in national security-related activities.
    featured July 5, 2005

    The Nose Knows…
    Psychologists have discovered that scents that differ on the molecular level affect human visual attention in very different ways. The results suggest that tiny differences between odors can either stall or sharpen visual attention.
    featured July 3, 2005

    APA In The News
    Stress Management Immediately Cost Effective for Heart Disease
    June 29, 2005, DukeMed News
    A Recipe For Resilience Through "Positive Psychology"
    June 29, 2005, USA TODAY
    His And Hers Stress Advice
    June 29, 2005, WebMD

    featured July 1, 2005

    Warning Signs Of Youth Violence
    Violence is a major issue facing today's young adults. One in 12 high schoolers is threatened or injured with a weapon each year. Assistance is available from the APA Help Center.
    featured June 29, 2005

    Suicide Watches By Inmates Benefit All
    Prison suicide watches done by other inmates, instead of prison staff, reduce the frequency and duration of watches, benefit inmate observers and reduce costs, according to a new study in Psychological Services (Vol. 2, No. 1).
    featured June 29, 2005

    Warning Signs Of Youth Violence
    Violence is a major issue facing today's young adults. One in 12 high schoolers is threatened or injured with a weapon each year. Assistance is available from the APA Help Center.
    featured June 29, 2005

    Crime And Punishment
    By focusing death penalty research on state laws, psychologists can inform the capital punishment debate over the execution of juveniles and the mentally ill.
    featured June 29, 2005

    APA Supports National HIV Testing Day
    The goal of National HIV Testing Day is to identify people who are HIV-positive and don't know it so they can access treatment, as well as to prevent new HIV infections by increasing education, awareness and access to voluntary counseling and testing.
    featured June 26, 2005

    APA Office on AIDS
    The APA Office on AIDS provides information, training, and technical assistance on a wide range of HIV/AIDS-related topics for the benefit of patients, family members and practitioners.
    featured June 26, 2005

    Parental AIDS and Teen Distress
    Adolescents who have a parent who dies from AIDS experience elevated emotional turmoil and run into increased criminal trouble up to a year before the death, according to a new study.
    featured June 26, 2005

    No Link Found Between Depression And Creativity
    A new study suggests that self-reflective rumination--a focus on the self and one's feelings--may explain artists' tendency toward depression, taking the blame off creativity itself.
    featured June 23, 2005

    APA Advocates For Patient Care, Privacy Issues
    APA Executive Director for Professional Practice Russ Newman, PhD, JD, testified at a hearing on privacy and confidentiality issues related to a proposed national system of electronic health records, stressing the special privacy concerns of mental health patients.
    featured June 23, 2005

    Newest SPIN Now Online
    Be sure to read the latest issue of APA's Science Policy Insider News (SPIN) for important policy issues that affect psychological science and psychological scientists at the national level.
    featured June 23, 2005

    Meeting Military Needs
    APA applauds Chairman Bill Young (R-FL) for establishing the Defense Graduate Psychology Education Program (D-GPE) which will train increasing numbers of military and civilian psychologists to meet the mental and behavioral health needs of returning military personnel and their families. Although the bill has to be passed on the Floor of the House and then accepted by the Senate at Conference, it is likely the funding will be awarded.
    featured June 16, 2005

    Bringing Psychology To The People
    One New York City hospital is bringing mental health services directly to both children and parents in need by placing mental health professionals in settings where children are--pediatric clinics.
    featured June 16, 2005

    Psychologists Give Back To Psychology
    The American Psychological Foundation (APF) recognizes major donors who made campaign gifts of $10,000 or more and enabled APF to raise more than $7.5 million for its Campaign for a New Era.
    featured June 16, 2005

    Too Tired To Work?
    A study of Air Force pilots finds individual differences in how brains respond when tired. The results offer a new approach for research into ways to reverse the effects of sleep deprivation and to improve job safety among those who work long, demanding hours.
    featured June 14, 2005

    Generational Differences At Work
    A psychologist studies ways to help traditionalists, baby boomers, gen Xers and millennials work better together, despite their generational differences.
    featured June 14, 2005

    Perceptions Of Enemies Differ Across Cultures
    American movies and literature are rife with "personal enemies" ­ bad guys, and girls, out to exact revenge ­ yet most Americans don't feel that they have any such "bad guys" after them personally. This stands in contrast to many West Africans who commonly perceive others as enemies in their everyday world, according to a new study.
    featured June 12, 2005

    Military Ethics
    In the war in Iraq and war on terrorism, it's often unclear to military leaders who "the enemy" is, creating ethical dilemmas for military members of all ranks.
    featured June 12, 2005

    Why Are Hispanics At Greater Risk For PTSD?
    This study, focusing on police officers, reports that cultural and social factors play a major role in leaving Hispanic police officers more deeply affected by exposure to trauma. These results could have implications not only for the training of police officers but also for the benefit and protection of one of the fast growing ethnic groups in the U.S.
    featured June 5, 2005

    Making The World Better For Children

  • Psychologists are working with the juvenile courts to help troubled mothers care for their children
  • The Children's Psychotherapy Project promotes pro bono treatment for foster children
  • Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence, developed by APA, will launch its third national media campaign this month

  • featured June 9, 2005

    Improving Children's Mental Health
    APA's Task Force on Psychology's Agenda for Child and Adolescent Mental Health has pulled together resources for mental health professionals, families, educators, and all interested in improving the mental health of children and adolescents.
    featured June 9, 2005

    Cat Got Your Tongue?
    A study April's Neuropsychology (Vol. 19, No. 2), finds that when it comes to recalling proper names, bilingual speakers experience the same number or fewer of TOT (tip-of-the tongue) states compared to people who only speak one language.
    featured June 5, 2005

    Question & Answer
    How did the five candidates for APA's 2007 presidency answer the following two questions? Find out in this month's Monitor.
    featured June 5, 2005

    Newest SPIN Now Online
    Be sure to read the latest issue of APA's Science Policy Insider News (SPIN) for important policy issues that affect psychological science and psychological scientists at the national level.
    featured May 31, 2005

    PTSD And American Soldiers
    Injured and non-injured soldiers are reporting similar levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) a few months after leaving the battlefield, suggests a new study.
    featured May 29, 2005

    Funds Set For Veterans' Mental Health
    The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs spend $2.2 billion in funding for mental-health care for soldiers and their families in FY 2006. The measure must still pass the U.S. Senate.
    featured May 29, 2005

    Hope For Psychological Funding
    Chairman Bill Young (R-FL) allocated $4 million for FY 2006 in the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee bill to train increasing numbers of military and civilian psychologists to meet the mental and behavioral health needs of returning military personnel and their families.
    featured May 27, 2005

    Helping To Explain The Cycle Of Pain
    According to new research, weekly elevations of pain and stress predicted increases in negative affect in women with chronic pain. Both higher weekly positive affect as well as greater positive affect on average resulted in lower negative affect both directly and in interaction with pain and stress.
    featured May 25, 2005

    "The Lowest Form Of Wit"
    New research details an "anatomy of sarcasm" that explains how the mind puts sharp-tongued words into context. The findings appear in the May issue of Neuropsychology.
    featured May 22, 2005

    APA Urges Congress To Support VA Research
    As a member of the Friends of VA Medical Care and Health Research, APA has been active in urging Congress to reverse a proposed Fiscal Year 2005 cut as they write legislation funding federal agencies.
    featured May 22, 2005

    Careers In Psychology
    Yes, it's possible to find a healthy balance between school, research, job, family and other obligations.
    featured May 19, 2005

    Spreading The Word About A New Practice Opportunity
    Court-appointed parenting coordinators help divorcing parents focus on what's best for their children – and help expand psychology's reach.
    featured May 19, 2005

    Striking A Balance
    Yes, it's possible to find a healthy balance between school, research, job, family and other obligations.
    featured May 17, 2005

    Get It In Writing
    Psychologists report that the memory function of people in their mid-60s and up is easily swayed by the power of suggestion, making them more vulnerable to memory-related scams. (Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol. 134, No. 2.)
    featured May 15, 2005

    Treatment In The Workplace
    ADHD drugs aren't just for children any more.
    featured May 12, 2005

    Get Fit, Physically And Mentally
    There is another reason to go to the gym -- exercise can help fight depression.
    featured May 12, 2005

    A Call For Attention To Behavior Change
    The major killers in the United States today largely derive from behaviors such as smoking, alcohol abuse and a sedentary lifestyle, but so far the American health-care system has yet to fully integrate behavior change into treatment.
    featured May 10, 2005

    The Mind/Body Health Connection
    Meditation, prayer and other relaxation techniques can improve people's health, and psychologists are in a unique position to promote such self-care techniques as a major part of preventative health care.
    featured May 10, 2005

    The Universal Language
    A new study suggests that dog barks play a role in canine-human interaction, and that humans can tell whether a bark is aggressive, fearful or playful.
    featured May 8, 2005

    Support For Smaller Classes
    A new long-term study involving a 5,000 students shows that four or more years in small classes in elementary school significantly increases the likelihood of graduating from high school, especially for students from low-income homes. The study is reported on in the May issue of the Journal of Educational Psychology.
    featured May 8, 2005

    Helping Red Lake Heal
    Psychologist Doug McDonald co-directed the mental health response team dispatched to the Red Lake Nation in the wake of the worst school shooting since 1999.
    featured May 5, 2005

    Steps To Respect Program Reduces Playground Bullying, According To New Research
    The Steps to Respect program is designed to decrease school bullying problems by increasing staff awareness and responsiveness, fostering socially responsible beliefs, and teaching social-emotional skills to counter bullying and promote healthy relationships. Developmental Psychology, Vol. 41, No. 3
    featured May 3, 2005

    Loneliness And Well-Being
    A new study from the May issue of Health Psychology demonstrates that lonely first-year college students experienced a weaker immune response to the flu shot than did other students.
    featured May 3, 2005

    In Memoriam...
    Educator and former APA President Kenneth Clark dies
    featured May 2, 2005

    Mental Stress And Worker Health
    More and more evidence links psychological stress and workers' heart problems.

    featured May 1, 2005

    Psychology in the Schools

  • Educating students about everyday math
  • Serving student-athletes better

  • featured April 28, 2005

    Soy's Health Benefits May Not Extend To Reduced Anxiety
    While health experts tout the cardiovascular benefits of a soy-rich diet, recent research suggests the effects may be limited when it comes to mental health

    featured April 24, 2005

    Work And Well-Being: Happy Employees Make Happy Families, Study Finds
    An employee's good day at work may rub off at home--especially on their spouse, according to a new study in this month's Journal of Occupational Health Psychology (Vol. 10, No. 2).

    featured April 18, 2005

    People in Poor Health Are Happier Than Others Think
    A new study shows that as people adapt to their health conditions, illness ends up having a much smaller effect on mood than the day-to-day ups and downs of work and personal life that everyone experiences.

    featured April 18, 2005

    APA Applauds New California Regulations for Inpatient Psychological Services
    California patients suffering from serious mental illness will now have the benefit of having their inpatient care managed by psychologists with full hospital privileges.

    featured April 14, 2005

    Decisions, Decisions: Older Consumers Factor More Positives, Specifics Into Product Choices
    When comparing products or services, older adults generally focus on positive features more than younger adults do, according to a study in the February Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (Vol. 134, No. 1).

    featured April 13, 2005

    Obesity Among Adolescent Girls
    A new study from the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (Vol. 73, No. 2) indicates that certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls. A parent's weight may also play a role in adolescent weight gain.
    | press release | full-text article |

    Also of Interest - From APA's LifeTools Book Series
    The Inside Story on Teen Girls: Find expert answers to real questions asked by teen girls and their parents.
    More LifeTools Books
    featured April 11, 2005

    Handling Trauma - A New Kind of War
    With thousands of returning troops who may need help battling trauma, civilian and military psychologists alike are finding new ways to help.
    More information on trauma

    featured April 11, 2005

    'Trust Your Instincts?'
    Research shows that first instincts can stink, but we trust them anyway. In this month's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 88, No. 3), it is reported that people buy into the first-instinct myth because it feels worse to change a correct answer to an incorrect one than to stick with an original incorrect answer.

    featured April 6, 2005

    National Public Health Week 2005
    APA Joins in Celebrating the Campaign: Empowering Americans to Live Stronger, Longer

  • Resources from the APA Aging Issues Office
  • Mental Health Needs of Older Adults
  • More Publications on Aging
  • Elder Care - Generational Issues
  • Healthy Living - Why Sleep is Important
  • Changing Unhealthy Behavior
  • Exercise Helps Keep Your Psyche Fit

  • featured April 4, 2005

    Children and Tobacco Smoke
    Many parents fail to set rules to limit children's exposure to tobacco smoke inside and outside the home, according to a new study. Read the full-text article from Families, Systems & Health, Vol. 23, No. 1

    featured April 4, 2005

    APA Raises Privacy Concerns on Mental Health Records: Proposed Nationwide System of Electronic Records Requires Managing Many Patient Confidentiality Issues
    Testifying on behalf of the American Psychological Association, Russ Newman, PhD, JD, executive director for professional practice, raised concerns regarding the need to maintain an extraordinarily high level of privacy where mental health records are concerned.
    | press release | Dr. Newman's full testimony |

    featured March 31, 2005

    Not Biased?
    Despite what people say about stereotypes being bad, most demonstrate implicit associations when tested. Want to find out about your own implicit biases? Take the Implicit Association Test or find out more about the multi-university collaboration, Project Implicit.

    featured March 29, 2005

    Marriage Magic Thriving Newlyweds Can Identify Spouses' Fortes and Faults
    An appreciation of a spouse's weaknesses as well as strengths may lead to a more satisfying marriage and a reduced likelihood of divorce, according to a new study. Read the full-text article: "To Know You Is to Love You: The Implications of Global Adoration and Specific Accuracy for Marital Relationships" PDF published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 88, No. 3).

    featured March 28, 2005

    Isn't It Romantic? Matching Monikers Prove Magnetic
    People are attracted to others with similar initials and name sounds, demonstrating a sort of implicit egotism

    featured March 28, 2005

    Evidence Based Psychological Practice

  • Shaping Evidence-Based Practice
  • Epidemiological Data Can Help Psychology Chart EBP
  • 2005 Presidential Initiatives: Developing an APA Position on Evidence-Based Psychological Health Care Practice

  • featured March 24, 2005

    Focus On: End-of-Life Issues Helpful Resources from APA on the Difficult Decisions

  • End-of-life Issues and Care
  • Fact Sheets on End of Life Issues and Care
  • The Role of Psychology in End-of-Life Decisions and Quality of Care Issues
  • Report from the APA Working Group on Assisted Suicide and End-of-Life Decisions

  • featured March 22, 2005

    Walking Lockstep Isn't Imitation After All, Say Researchers
    Two people walking hand-in-hand will automatically move their hands and legs in perfect harmony. For years, researchers believed it was mimicry. But a new study in the February Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (Vol. 31, No. 1), finds other reasons.

    featured March 21, 2005

    Something In The Way We Move
    People more adeptly recognize their own movements than those of their friends, but they still can distinguish friends' movements from those of strangers, according to research in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (Vol. 31, No. 1).

    featured March 21, 2005

    APA Applauds Congressional Members for Reintroducing Federal Legislation to Address the Tragedy of Parental Relinquishment of Custody to Obtain Children's Mental Health Services
    featured March 10, 2005

    Call for Papers: Work, Stress, and Health 2006: Making a Difference in the Workplace
    Miami, Florida, March 2-4, 2006. Workshop Proposal Deadline: April 1, 2005; Proposal Deadline for Posters, Papers, and Symposia: May 1, 2005 .

    featured March 10, 2005

    The Latest Issue of gradPSYCH featuring: Breathe
    How grad students unwind .

    featured March 10, 2005

    Violent Video Games - Psychologists Help Protect Children from Harmful Effects
    Psychological research confirms that violent video games can increase children's aggression, but that parents moderate the negative effects.

    featured March 7, 2005

    Low Socioeconomic Status Is a Risk Factor for Mental Illness, According to a Statewide Examination of Psychiatric Hospitalizations
    Does having a low socioeconomic status (SES) lead to depression or does depression lead a person into poverty? Read the results of a new study in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

    featured March 6, 2005

    Studies Underscore Genetic Involvement in Nicotine Addiction and Aggressive Hostility
    Two different studies in Behavioral Neuroscience present new evidence of how genes may foster nicotine addiction and aggressive hostility.
    Read the full-text articles:
    On Nicotine Addiction
    On Aggressive Hostility

    featured March 6, 2005

    APA Announces Plans for Next Phase of Tsunami Relief Efforts
    The second stage of APA's tsunami relief efforts will focus on mental health needs of survivors.

    featured March 3, 2005

    What We Know Without Knowing How
    Psychologists are working to understand our split-second, unconscious judgments and deductions.

    featured March 1, 2005

    A 'Sixth Sense?' Or Merely Mindful Caution?
    One psychologist says he's identified a new form of "visual sensing without seeing." Others say there may be a more prosaic explanation.

    featured March 1, 2005

    The Changing Face Of Psychology Practice
    Health-Care Calling - Psychologists' roles in health care are well established and growing

    featured February 28, 2005

    Is verbal aggression a warning sign for later physical aggression in marriage? PDF
    From the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol 73, No. 1.

    featured February 28, 2005

    In Monkeys, a Spatial-Memory Gender Gap Closes with Age
    New studies of Rhesus monkeys spotlight a gender gap in their spatial memory, but only in young adulthood and only with untrained females. Simple training brings young females up to speed. From Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol. 119, No. 1.
    | press release | full-text article PDF |

    featured February 27, 2005

    Comprehensive Sex Education Is More Effective at Stopping the Spread of HIV Infection, Says APA Committee
    Research shows that abstinence-only programs have limited effectiveness and unintended consequences. Read the Committee's Resolution in Favor of Empirically Supported Sex Education and HIV Prevention Programs for Adolescents (PDF)

    featured February 23, 2005

    Psychiatric Disorders Greatly Underdiagnosed in Hospital Emergency Departments, Study Finds
    Underdiagnosis of psychiatric disorders is contributing to needless emotional suffering, especially for minorities and the poor, according to a newly released article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
    (Vol. 73, No. 1.) | press release | full-text article (PDF) |

    featured February 20, 2005

    Name That Tune?

  • Pitch Perfect - Everyone may be able to learn to name pitches, but the window of time to do it occurs only early in life
  • Most People Show Elements of Absolute Pitch - You may not be tone deaf after all

  • featured February 20, 2005

    The Mystery Of Attraction - Monkeys Fancy Symmetrically Patterned Cards
    Study findings suggest human aesthetic preferences may have ancient evolutionary and genetic roots

    featured February 16, 2005

    Do Opposites Attract or Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together?
    New research from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology finds that what is important in attracting people to one another may not be important in making couples happy. | press release | full-text article (PDF) |

    featured February 16, 2005

    Do Opposites Attract or Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together?
    New research from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology finds that what is important in attracting people to one another may not be important in making couples happy. | press release | full-text article (PDF) |

    featured February 14, 2005

    Hues And Views
    A cross-cultural study reveals how language shapes color perception.

    featured February 14, 2005

    Why Do We Overcommit? Study suggests we think we'll have more time in the future than we have today.
    Poor forecasting is more evident for time than money. Read the full-text article, "Resource slack and propensity to discount delayed investments of time versus money," (PDF) from the February issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology (JEP): General, Vol. 134, No. 1.

    featured February 11, 2005

    Mystery Gifts Kindle the Most Happiness
    Random acts of kindness may bring more joy than expected ones, according to a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 88, No. 1). However, people predict just the opposite.

    featured February 9, 2005

    Research Confirms How Early-Life Events Shape Later Physiology
    Rats infected as newborns grew up vulnerable to memory problems during an immune challenge. Read the free full-text article from Behavioral Neuroscience, "Neonatal Infection Induces Memory Impairments Following an Immune Challenge in Adulthood" (PDF)

    featured February 7, 2005

    Psychologists' RxP Moves Forward in New Mexico
    New Mexico is the first state to implement prescribing regulations for psychologists.

    featured February 7, 2005

    Fuzzy Math
    A remote tribe that lacks a counting system suggests limitations on inborn representations of number.

    featured February 7, 2005

    English Number Words May Confuse Children
    Even in cultures with counting systems, some languages may better prepare people to perform tasks like subtraction than other.

    featured February 7, 2005

    APA's Ongoing Tsunami Relief Efforts
    Psychologist Gerard (Jerry) Jacobs, Ph.D., will work with APA to craft a plan to assist in the mental health needs of the tsunami survivors.

    featured January 31, 2005

    Phobias May Hijack Control of Eye-Gaze
    People with an overpowering fear may not be able to consciously control the direction of their gaze when faced with a picture eliciting that fear, according to a new study published in the journal Emotion (Vol. 5, No. 1).

    featured January 31, 2005

    Automatic Racial Stereotyping Appears Based on Facial Features in Addition to Race
    Stereotyped judgments based on others' Afrocentric facial features occur so automatically that even asking people to avoid their bias doesn't work, says a study in December's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 87, No. 6).

    featured January 31, 2005

    Life Satisfaction Set Point: Stability and Change (PDF)
    What influences a person's subjective sense well-being? from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    featured January 26, 2005

    Change in Life Satisfaction During Adulthood: Findings From the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study (PDF)
    Does that sense of well-being improve with aging? Findings from a 22-year study are at odds with prior research, from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    featured January 26, 2005

    New Mexico Study Finds Surprisingly Strong Impact Of Genetic Variation
    Older people with the "Alzheimer's gene" find it harder to "remember to remember" even if they're healthy.

    featured January 24, 2005

    Women's Facial Expressions Interpreted as Angrier, Less Happy than Men's
    When women and men are depicted with the same expressions of anger and happiness, people tend to see women as more livid and less joyful than men, according to new research in the December issue of Emotion (Vol. 4, No. 4).

    featured January 24, 2005

    Racial Stereotypes Can Speed Visual Processing
    Subconscious biases can influence visual processing, says a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 87, No. 6).

    featured January 24, 2005

    The Science of Savoir Faire
    Psychologists from varied fields work to define and understand charisma
    Charisma Doesn't Guarantee Leadership Success
    People need charisma to become great leaders, it seems, yet charisma alone can't make a great leader--only break one

    featured January 19, 2005

    Authors Warn of Inaccuracies and Explore Thorny Issues Concerning the Use and Measurement of Race in Health and Social Science Research As More Is Learned about the Human Genome
    The Gene-Environment Interaction is what must be studied; but should the study of race be thrown out altogether? Read the free full-text introductory article by Norman B. Anderson, PhD, editor of the American Psychologist and CEO of the APA. (PDF, 53K)

    featured January 19, 2005

    A Special Issue of the American Psychologist Devoted to Genes, Race, and Psychology in the Genome Era (January, 2005)
    Authors warn of inaccuracies and explore thorny issues concerning the use and measurement of race in health and social science research as more is learned about the human genome.

    featured January 17, 2005

    Statement of the Disaster Response Network (DRN) Training Advisory Committee
    APA Help Center Offers Materials on Managing Traumatic Stress in a Natural Disaster
    "Tsunami Toolkit" - Materials for Psychologists to Use with U.S. Communities Affected by the Tsuanmi

    featured January 12, 2005

    Rats Can Tell Two Languages Apart from Speech Cues, Sharing an Ability with Humans and Monkeys
    They're the third type of mammal shown to have this skill, according to the article "Effects of Backward Speech and Speaker Variability in Language Discrimination by Rats" (PDF), Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, Vol. 31, No. 1.

    featured January 10, 2005

    APA Joins in Tsunami Relief Efforts
    APA pledges financial assistance and psychological expertise regarding trauma to the Southeast Asia tsunami relief effort.

    featured January 8, 2005

    Managing Traumatic Stress: Tips for Recovering From Natural Disasters
    When a natural disaster affects a community, the resulting trauma can reverberate even with those not directly affected by the disaster.

    featured January 5, 2005

    Recovery from Serious Mental Illness
    Psychologist-developed treatments are providing hope for people with serious mental illness

    featured January 5, 2005

    Hard-Hitting Hormones: The Stress-Depression Link
    Stress-hormone injections result in depressive behavior affecting male rats more than females ones.

    featured January 5, 2005

    Closing the Gap for Latino Patients
    Research offers insights on ways psychologists can better serve Latino patients -- one of America's fastest-growing minority populations.

    featured January 3, 2005

    Also of interest...
    Latino Psychology Takes Center Stage
    Psychologists highlighted Latino health disparities at the first annual National Latino/a Psychological Association conference.

    featured January 3, 2005

    APA'S New President Taking Psychology to the People
    APA's 2005 president--family psychologist Ronald F. Levant--aims to show the public that psychology's science-based resources can benefit everyone

    featured January 3, 2005




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