Psychological Science Agenda

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September 2011 | Vol. 25, No. 9

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Back to school: Dealing with academic stress

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Science highlights from the September Monitor

Seared in our memories
What were you doing on 9/11 when you heard about the attacks? How well you remember may depend on how directly you were affected that day, new research suggests.

 

Helping kids cope in an uncertain world
Research in the wake of 9/11 and other tragedies points to ways to help heal and build resilience among children who have experienced trauma.

 

Muslims in America, post 9/11
Americans’ acceptance of Muslims has continued to deteriorate since 9/11, research finds, and Muslim Americans have responded with resilience but also depression and anxiety.

 

Bin Laden's death: What does it mean?
Political and social psychologists weigh in.

 

9/11 10 years later
American Psychologist examines Americans' reactions over time to terrorist attacks.

 

Closing the achievement gap
Could a 15-minute gap intervention boost ethnic-minority student achievement?

 

High goals for higher learning
Music and cognition researcher Jamshed Bharucha takes the helm at Cooper Union and hopes to pave the way for cross-cultural collaboration among colleges.

 

The little-known roots of the cognitive revolution
Nazism and academic infighting hampered Otto Selz’s early cognitive research.

 

In Brief
A sample of recently published findings.

 

Full September issue