Psychological Science Agenda
A publication of the Science Directorate
September 2007 | Vol. 21, No. 8
SCIENCE BRIEFS
The Rational Mind: Thin Colonies of Reason Amid a Savage World
By Ed A. WassermanMy specific questions concerning concept learning are these: Do animals too learn basic-level concepts? Must reason be invoked to explain this brand of conceptualization?
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN
- Continuing Education for Scientists
Scientists and researchers should more completely embrace the concept of scientific continuing education. It will enrich our skills and abilities as individuals, and will it enhance the discipline by expanding the pool of shared knowledge.
By Steven Breckler
FROM THE APA SCIENCE STUDENT COUNCIL
- Feeling Rejected? Graduate Students and the Journal Article Review Process
Our best advice for how to turn the rejections you experience in the publication process into stepping stones that lead to a productive academic career
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
- Psychologists Receive NIH Pioneer, New Innovator Awards
Two psychologists were named this week as recipients of two of the most prestigious awards given by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). - Got Debt? National Institutes of Health Seeks Applications for Loan Repayment Programs
With growing concerns about attracting and maintaining the next generation of scientists, NIH is undertaking an effort to attract additional applications for its five Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs), which pay up to $35,000 per year of qualified educational debt as well as the corresponding federal taxes for post-doctoral scientists as they pursue research careers.
By Karen Studwell - Advanced Training Institutes Provide In-Demand Instruction in Emerging Technologies
During the summer’s five APA training programs, 131 professors, researchers, and graduate students of psychology received high quality, cutting edge training.
By Nicolle Singer - PsycNET III: All-In-One Search Tool
PsycNET III delivers content from APA’s five databases, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, PsycEXTRA, and PsycCRITIQUES in one search result.
By Janet F. Soller - San Francisco Plus Psychological Science: A Great Combination!
Highlights of the meeting included invited addresses as well as symposia on such topics as working with Institutional Review Boards, opportunities for translational research, and “diversity science.” - Psychological Scientists Speak Out on NIH Peer Review
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently asked for comments about its peer review system--what works and what doesn’t. APA spread the word through division listservs, encouraging psychologists to respond. Here is a sample of the concerns and suggestions that psychological scientists shared with us.
By Patricia Kobor
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- September 2007 Announcements
Deadline for Comments for the Revision of the 1999 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing Quickly Approaching; Summer-Research Grants Program Announced; Grants Available for Scientific Conferences, Proposals Invited; Study-Abroad Option for Graduate Students!
