SCIENCE WATCH:
Emotional learning holds up with age
Emotional memory may linger longer than factual memory--a finding that may lead to improved dementia tests and therapies.

Bridging a reading gap
Research using a computer model aims to unify dueling theories on how people read.

The significance of null
A group of social scientists hunts down unpublished studies and aims to inform policy through thorough meta-analysis.

Teaching students the rewards of research
A community college professor has created a successful student research program--providing an example for other two-year colleges.

A happier, healthier workplace
APA recognizes 10 companies for best practices in promoting psychologically healthy workplaces.

A win-win for health-care providers and consumers
Rhode Island psychologists recently made major inroads with a health insurance giant.

Extending the pipeline
An APA-sponsored program garners $1.6 million to continue shepherding ethnic minorities into the biomedical sciences.

Rebuilding mental health in Afghanistan
Community psychologist Ken Miller is coordinating a team effort to measure mental health distress and resilience among Afghans in the impoverished, war-torn country.

INCOMING JOURNAL EDITORS:
• Mallinckrodt takes the reins of the Journal of Counseling Psychology
The new editor will emphasize healthy development across the life span.
• Burghardt to head the Journal of Comparative Psychology
Cross-disciplinary communication tops the incoming editor's agenda.
• Watson begins 'labor of love' editing job
The new editor of APA's Journal of Abnormal Psychology will consider the impact of culture and position the journal to influence the forthcoming DSM-V.

Databases debut
Two new research databases will help psychologists locate gray literature and book chapters.

Psychology's newest get their due
Early-career concerns gain increased prominence in APA through a newly established group.

PUBLIC POLICY UPDATE:
2004's psychology advocates
Psychologists made the federal case for science, education and public interest policies this year.

APA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:
APA election guidelines

ETHICS ROUNDS:
Sexual involvements with former clients: A delicate balance of core values
The Ethics Code seeks to avoid harm and protect autonomy, informed by solid clinical thinking and good research.

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• Positive reinforcement helps children avoid junk food
• Knowledge, perspective can lessen terrorism-anxiety
• Women like women more than men like men
• Two psychologists win Presidential Early Career Award
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• Survey reveals employment trends for medical school psychologists
• APA launches campaign to support psychological science
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