July 2004 | Vol. 35 No. 7
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COVER STORY
Criminal profiling: the reality behind the mythForensic psychologists are working with law enforcement officials to integrate psychological science into criminal profiling.
Does profiling really work?Detecting deceptionSome research links lying with such facial and bodily cues as increased pupil size and lip pressing but not with blinking or posture.
The polygraph in doubtHow to be a successful fraudAccuracy and the accusedPsychologists work with law enforcement on research-based improvements to crime-suspect identification.
Recommendations for police lineupsA CLOSER LOOK
Opening medical doorsThis month, Div. 38 launches a series of professional development workshops to keep health psychologists on the cutting-edge.
SCIENCE WATCH
Gateways to memoryThe hippocampus may not be the only association creating part of the brain, new research suggests.
FEATURE
Caffeine got your tongue?Research suggests caffeine, prized for its alertness effects, might cause people tip-of-the-tongue moments when they recall unrelated words.
Mental preparation for MarsPsychologists craft systems to lessen the mental strains astronauts might face 100 million miles away from earth.
Building a healthier countryPsychologists joined other experts to discuss ways to change our environment to reduce obesity.
Designing psychologistsPsychologists, designers and sisters Susan Painter and Constance Forrest draw on their unique background to create user-friendly living and working spaces.
Behavioral health--a primary concernAPA Practice Directorate-nominated HHS fellow Garret Evans is working to promote psychology's role in public health care.
Filling behavioral health-service gapsAPA member testifies to the Institute of Medicine on ways to improve behavioral health access and quality.
Army uncovers mental health-service gapCombat mental health care leaves troops in need, finds a recent Army survey. The Army has made some adjustments based on the findings.
VA conference focuses on advocacy for veteransStopping young fire-startersFirefighters, psychologists and other community professionals work together to extinguish juvenile fire-setting.
A new society for OHPAfter years of planning, researchers in psychology and occupational safety and health will launch a new society for the field.
Diversifying I/OAPA's I/O division is working to attract more ethnic-minority young scientists.
Leadership by examplePsychologist Lily Kelly-Radford is proof positive that a high-powered career and family life can co-exist.
Technology still finding its place in trainingFrom videotapes to computer-simulated patients, new and old technologies are helping graduate psychology programs train the next generation of psychologists.
Beyond our bordersA meeting of North American psychologists highlights international changes in professional psychology.
Strengthen your brain by resting itRecent research suggests sleep spindles--spikes of neural activity that emerge during REM sleep--might play a key role in helping people learn and remember how to perform physical tasks, such as swinging a golf club.
Accentuating the positiveA new classification of positive personality traits paves the way for further research and implementation of the subfield.
Joining together for children's interestsAn APA- and American Bar Association-sponsored conference brought together judges, attorneys, psychologists and others to discuss children in the legal system.
Determining the best placement for maltreated children: a call for helpKeep it short and simpleA look at limitations of studies on child suggestibilityBrain research advances help elucidate teen behaviorMeeting children's special education needsHow to handle the volatile clients of family lawFamily violence challenges, opportunities to helpCandidates state their viewsCandidate response: Katherine C. Nordal, PhDCandidate response: Gerald P. Koocher, PhDCandidate response: Sharon Stephens Brehm, PhDCandidate response: Stephen A. Ragusea, PsyDCandidate response: Lawrence G. Ritt, PhD
PUBLIC POLICY UPDATE
Policy in the makingThrough APA's Congressional Fellowship Program, five psychologists are learning the ins and outs of Capitol Hill.
IN BRIEF
- Publication educates physicians about anxiety disorders
- Women who succeed in male-dominated careers are often seen negatively, suggests study
- New Mexico closing in on RxP implementation
- Psychological science offers clues to Iraqi prisoner abuse
- Standing tall pays off, study finds
- Online bidders want upfront rules
- Day of adoption affects behavior of rat pups and dams
- Rats display stable temperamental traits
- Survey says: More Americans are seeking mental health treatment
- Friendships ease middle school adjustment
- Report on ethical research with children released