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APA Monitor on Psychology

Volume 35, No. 4 April 2004

		Table of contents Print version: page 6 Cover stories An evolutionary explanation for anorexia? New leadership for APA's Science Diretorate Behavioral genetics Disciplines team to study race relations Learning how to learn Stimulating the vagus nerve: memories are made of this In this month's issue: Featured convention speakers Presidential-track sessions at APA's Annual Convention in Hawaii will tackle day care research, counseling and substance abuse services for prostitutes, and post-apartheid South Africa. Training psychologists for PREMIER careers Duke University's new training program for minority researchers uses extra funds and a one-on-one focus to fuel innovative research. Improving teacher quality APA highlights psychology's contributions to education at a teacher education conference. Toward peace on the playground A psychologist-run program to curb bullying gets a $20,000 boost from the American Psychological Foundation. Apply now for the 2004 Violence Prevention and Intervention Grant Spotlight on... Dr. and Mrs. James Campbell Quick Apply now for the Hécaen and Meier scholarships PUBLIC POLICY UPDATE: Psychology advocates prepare for funding tug-of-war While 2004 congressional spending fell short of psychology's expectations, 2005 funding for key federal programs could drop even lower. APA's policy staff are poised to counter that possibility. ETHICS ROUNDS: APA's new Ethics Code from a practitioner's perspective Practitioners were influential in the creation of the code. A CLOSER LOOK: Rediscover psychology's pioneers Departments APF news Association news Classified Ads A closer look Division spotlight Ethics rounds In the public interest Judicial notebook Letters People President's column Public Policy update Running commentary Science directions Staff In brief Cognitive tests may help determine driving capability IQ-adjusted testing better detects Alzheimer's signs CBT may stabilize over-activity in higher-order brain areas Conference Web site taps new technology General cognition also makes the difference on the job, study finds APA president talks heart health at the White House APA will co-sponsor conference on children and the law Interplay of emotion and calculation influences people's value estimates Educating Congress about psychologists' education APA Council endorses fair-testing code, forms new working group, among other actions
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