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Science Briefs

2008


March

Where Does Our Past Begin? A Sociocultural Perspective on the Phenomenon of Childhood Amnesia

by Qi Wang


February

Perspective Taking, Diversity and Partnerships

By Douglas Medin and Megan Bang

January

Juggling Two Languages in One Mind

By Judith F. Kroll

 

2007


December

Extinction and the Erasure of Memories

By K. Matthew Lattal

November

Psychic Numbing and Genocide

By Paul Slovic

October

Centers for Disease Control: A Source of Funding for Behavioral Science Research in Violence Prevention

By Rodney Hammond


September

The Rational Mind: Thin Colonies of Reason Amid a Savage World

By Edward A. Wasserman

July

No Science Brief for July

June

No Science Brief for June


May

Internet-Based Research

By John E. Williams

April

No Science Brief for April

March

When You're 64...

by John McArdle


February

The Fractal Picture of Health and Wellbeing

By Guy Van Orden

January

The Realities of Conducting Laboratory Animal Research

By Nancy K. Dess

 

2006


December

Navigating the Highway of Psychological Science

By Steven Breckler

November

No Science Brief for November

October

Mitigating the Impact of Low Health Literacy on Older Adults' Self-care

By Dan Morrow


September

Distinguished Science Award Reaches 50th Year

By Suzanne Wandersman

July/August

Psychological Science and Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents

By Eric A. Youngstrom

June

Commentary from the Field: An I-O Psychologist's Perspective on Licensure

By Nancy T. Tippins


May

Picking Up the Check When it's Time to Pay Attention

By David Washburn

April

Rethinking Racial Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

By Keith B. Maddox

March

Hormones Excite the Senses

by Donna Maney


February

Enhancing Motivation in Sport

By David E. Conroy

January

No Science Brief for January

 

2005


December

New Models for Understanding and Treating Psychosocial Risk Factors in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

By James Blumenthal

November

Cyberinfrastructure for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

By Bennett I. Bertenthal

October

Can a Science of Social Influence Be Used to Stop Economic Fraud Crimes?

By Anthony R. Pratkanis


September

Father Knows Best (Unless I Know Better): Family Relationships in Late Life

By Brian D. Carpenter

July/August

How Experience Shapes Vision

By Michael J. Tarr

June

Psychologists to Capitol Hill- "Our Work Makes a Difference"

By Pat Kobor


May

Essentialism in Everyday Thought

By Susan A. Gelman, University of Michigan

April

Rumor and Gossip Research

By Ralph L. Rosnow and Eric K. Foster

March

Automatic and Controlled Components of Implicit Stereotyping and Prejudice

By Jeff Sherman


February

Associative Learning and the Hippocampus

By Wendy A. Suzuki

January

Aging Under Control?

By Margie E. Lachman



2004


December

Oh Where, Oh Where Have Those Early Memories Gone?

By Patricia J. Bauer

November

Emotion and Cognition: The Case of Automatic Vigilance

By Randy J. Larsen

Simple Pleasures

By Kent Berridge

October

Auditory Processing and Hemispheric Specialization

By Amy Poremba


September

Laughing Matters

By Jo-Anne Bachorowski and Michael J. Owren

August

No issue for August

July

Animal Models of Memory

By Lisa M. Savage


June

What Makes for a Great Team?

By J. Richard Hackman

May

Resolving Conflict in Mind and Brain

By John Jonides and Derek Evan Nee

April

Tobacco Harm Reduction: The Need for Research to Inform Policy

By Dorothy K. Hatsukami and Mitch Zeller


March

The Perceptual Expertise Network: Innovation on Collaboration

By Isabel Gauthier and
Danielle D. Brown

February

Psychological Science and Intelligent Home Technology: Supporting Functional Independence of Older Adults

By Wendy A. Rogers and Arthur D. Fisk

January

Developmental and Evolutionary Aspects of Female Attraction to Babies

By Dario Maestripieri


2003


December

Children and Internet Use: Social, Psychological and Academic Consequences for Low-income Children

By Linda A. Jackson, Alexander Von Eye & Frank Biocca

November

A See-change in Concept Learning

By Robert L. Goldstone

October

Violent Video Games:
Myths, Facts, and Unanswered Questions...

By Craig A. Anderson


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