Teaching people to parent, the primate way
After studying monkeys and raising 50 cotton-top tamarins at home Harriet J. Smith is applying her understanding of primate parenting in her work as a clinical psychologist.
Insights on animal play and more
At the annual Western Psychological Association conference, scientists challenge popular assumptions about memory, play and more.
Science Watch
The expert's advantage
Research on chess and Scrabble® champs sheds light on the aging mind.
Group doctoring
For psychologists, opportunities may abound as shared medical appointments gain ground.
Dropping in, climbing back
Consumer-run treatment centers put control back in clients hands, say psychologists.
Positive parenting
APA's violence prevention program teaches prison inmates how to be better dads.
Ethics rounds
The work of the APA Ethics Office: frequent calls we receive
Reviewing calls to the Ethics Office shows how closely ethical, legal and clinical issues are entwined in requests for ethics consultations.
Hunting down fugitive literature
APA's PsycEXTRA database continues to add hard-to-find behavioral health publications to its archives.
Presidential candidates answer last two questions
New officers
The election results for APA divisions and APA's Council of Representatives.
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IN BRIEF
• Psychologist wins National Medal of Science
• Your brain counts on gestures
• Good for sales, bad for boys?
• Making an effort to impress enhances mood
• Training helps police officers overcome racial bias
• Pigeons possibly pick a preplanned path
• Can a tune carry a movie?
• Psychology archives receive $2.1 million
• TV violence harms children, APA member testifies to Congress
• SAMHSA official addresses APA
• Speaking out for childrens mental health
• A better way to access APAs electronic databases
