Psychological Science Agenda

A publication of the Science Directorate
November 2004 | Vol. 18, No. 11

SCIENCE BRIEFS

Emotion and Cognition: The Case of Automatic Vigilance

By Randy J. Larsen

When confronted with a threatening stimulus, people typically devote increased attentional resources to that stimulus, raising the accessibility of evaluatively-similar information in memory, and biasing subsequent perceptions and judgments toward a threatening evaluation

Simple Pleasures

By Kent Berridge

New findings in hedonic psychology and affective neuroscience are revealing intriguing complexities.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN

  • The Imbalance of Priorities at NIMH
    As NIMH begins to spread its wings and embrace translational research, the Institute must not forget that it still has considerable work to do in finishing what it started - in completing its foundation.
    By Steven Breckler

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • November 2004 Announcements
    Nominate a Colleague for a 2005 Gold Medal Award; Grants Available for Scientific Conferences, Proposals Invited; Submit Nominations for Brewer Teaching Award; Funding for Research on Child Labor; Promoting Psychological Research and Training on Health Disparities Issues at Ethnic Minority Serving Institutions (PRoDIGS): Request for Proposals (RFP); New Positive Psychology Fellows Program: Call For Applications; Proposals Sought for LGB Research; Apply for Gerson Grant for Family, Couple, Multi-Generational Processes

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