Can psychology prevent false confessions?
People confessed to crimes they didn’t commit in more than a quarter of U.S. convictions overturned by DNA testing. Psychologists are examining why the phenomenon exists.
Surveying the landscape
Psychologist James Jackson has taken the helm at the nation’s largest academic social science research institute.
Closing the gap
Psychologists make the case that Head Start remains the best option
for helping disadvantaged children catch up in the school-readiness race.
Help wanted: Geropsychologists
APA members gathered in Colorado Springs to develop a training
model for psychologists working with older adults.
Retired and inspired
Three psychologists use their retirement time to help train the
next generation of providers.
Going out singing
Miriam Kelty helped lay groundwork for health psychology, oversaw
funding for aging research and promoted ethical science.
Empowering the voiceless
Psychologist Amy Shadoin’s work combating violence against
children spans states and disciplines.
More than words
Atlanta center teaches children nonverbal communication skills.
Dangerous dolls?
Psychologists push back against market forces and products that
sexualize young girls.
Lab skills to newsroom drills
With APA support, a neuroscience student gets hands-on reporting
experience.
A fight for patients’ access to care
A new group called the Coalition for Patients’ Rights opposes
efforts by physicians’ groups to limit other health professionals’ services
to patients.
Applying for a National Provider Identifier
All health providers will soon be required to use a unique 10-digit
number for electronic billing.
Accounting for dues dollars
APA strives to deliver a wide range of benefits and opportunities
to members.
Albee and Conger focused on forces beyond the individual
Reflections on the lives and contributions of former APA Presidents
George Albee, who died in July at 84, and John Conger, who died in June at 85.
