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Table of Contents
Print version: page 6
In this month's issue
Cover story:
Inside the mind of a juror
Making sense of evidence and testimony.
Science Watch:
All puffed up
People inflate the difficulty of achieving a goal
after attaining it, possibly to
improve their self-esteem.
Can rats reminisce?
Researchers are investigating whether animals have personal memories. So far, scrub jays
and rodents are showing up apes.
Of mind and matter: Understanding consciousness
A recent APA-sponsored gathering explored questions of coma, consciousness and the brain.
A long road back
With so many service members affected by traumatic brain
injuries, neuropsychologists are ramping up diagnosis
and treatment.
Cooperating for kids' sake?
An APA-designed pilot program suggests family education is key to resolving child-custody
disputes.
A prescription for exercise
Three psychologists move clients and colleagues off the couch and onto the walking trail.
From campus to corporation
A Chicago School of Professional Psychology program trains psychologists to increase business
leaders' emotional intelligence skills.
The changing gender composition of psychology
As times change, the field must stay diverse, say psychologists.
The taming of the clue
One psychologist uses the tools of industrial/organizational psychology to help keep order
in the crime lab.
Programming highlights for San Francisco
Diversify your convention schedule with symposia, lectures and other programming sponsored
by APA's divisions and affiliated groups.
Public policy update:
Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind
With members' guidance, APA recommends improvements to Congress.
Presidential candidates answer first two questions
Ethics rounds:
Letter to a state psychological association: On the value of becoming a member
Membership in the professional community of psychologists bringsimportant benefits, among
which are ethics programs that offer education and consultation and that appropriately respond
to behaviors that harm the public.
A closer look:
The biology of behavior
Div. 6 members examine spatial memory in animals.
DEPARTMENTS
• Letters
• President's column
• From the CEO
• Science directions
• Judicial notebook
• In the public interest
• Association news
• Division spotlight
• American Psychological Foundation
• People
• Staff
IN BRIEF
• Insincere apologies work as well as heartfelt ones
• Stereotype-busting people can spur stress, reduce cognitive performance
• APA debuts new online membership
• APA helps victims, public cope with campus shooting
• Acceptance therapy helps patients better manage diabetes
• Psychologist advocates for including substance abuse treatment in prison and re-entry programs
• Earn CE credits at health-care conferences
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