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  Monitor on Psychology
Volume 39, No. 3 March 2008

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Print version: page 6

In this month's issue:

Deep space psych:

Deep space psych
Air travel: The next generation
Survey pits NASA administrators against researchers
NASA budget leaves human factors in the cold
Unfriendly skies


APA welcomes its new practice director
Katherine C. Nordal is praised for her long history as an independent
practitioner and prominent leader in APA governance.

Preventing harassment at schools
Peter Goldblum helps elementary schools promote respect and acceptance
of diversity.

Great reasons to come to Boston
APA's 2008 Annual Convention features psychology's top names and newsmakers.

Warding off dementia
New research by psychologists identifies ways people can protect their brains as they age.

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE
Making disability issues a priority
After a lifetime of serving people with mental illnesses, writing helps this psychologist and Alzheimer's patient make sense of his own mind.

Making your practice click
How psychologists can establish a presence online.

Psychology 101, on demand
In what could be the wave of the future, Webcasting tools give students more control over their learning.

Building better psych departments
These benchmarks help undergraduate psychology programs improve their program assessments.

Curbing climate change
Changing behaviors by degrees
Green discussions at APA's convention
Getting back to the great outdoors
Recycling is for the birds
Every little bit helps
Restoring nature's footprint


ETHICS ROUNDS
An international perspective: Notes from Hong Kong
Speaking with our colleagues from around the world can deepen our understanding of ethics and help us more fully appreciate the values and perspectives we bring to our work.

Meet APA's new board and committee members

Submit nominations for APA's 2009 awards

DEPARTMENTS

Letters
President's column
From the CEO
Judicial notebook
Speaking of education
Ethics rounds
Association news
Division spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
People
Staff


IN BRIEF

Seeing—and hearing and tasting—red
Practicing the first psychotic break
Marital bliss may blunt office blues
For women, but not men, religion may aid mental health
Prenatal exposure triggers a taste for alcohol



 
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