Psychological Science Agenda

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Preventing obesity
Behavioral health experts are fighting the childhood obesity epidemic from a variety of angles. Here’s what works.

Neuroscientist brings light to the blind — and to vision research
Pawan Sinha is working to treat blindness among India's poorest children and in the process is discovering how the brain learns to see.

Exploring the link between suicide and TBI
With funding from the Department of Defense, Lisa Brenner is developing a suicide prevention program for military personnel and veterans with traumatic brain injuries.

Later-life sex
Psychologists are working as part of health-care teams to help older adults keep their sex lives going strong.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Psychologists are working to make schools more welcoming for LGBTQ youth.

APA chief is elected to IOM
CEO Norman Anderson receives major scientific honor.

Science Directions
The workforce of science
APA’s Steve Breckler on improving data about psychological scientists’ careers.

Quick Reads 

• Suicide becomes the leading cause of injury-related death 

• Pretend play may not drive child development as much as once thought 

• Psychologists debate the meaning of students' falling SAT scores 

• Promoting psychology as a rigorous science 

• By the numbers

In Brief
Snapshots of recently published findings.