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• Researchers develop a likely new combo treatment for the deadliest form of brain cancer

  01-09-2015 20:11
  Scientists have developed a potentially promising new combination therapy for glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer. Glioblastoma, also known as grade IV glioma, is the most aggressive primary brain tumor in humans. Approximately 23,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM) every year.
  
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• Researchers help identify the neural basis of multitasking

  01-09-2015 20:07
  By studying networks of activity in the brain's frontal cortex, researchers have shown that the degree to which these networks reconfigure themselves while switching from task to task predicts people's cognitive flexibility.
  
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• Parents' Views on Justice Linked to Babies' Moral Development

  01-09-2015 18:54 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyBabies' neural responses to morally charged scenarios are influenced by their parents' attitudes toward justice, new research shows. The developmental neuroscientists found that strong individual differences in the perception of prosocial and antisocial behaviors are present in children as young as 12 to 24 months old--and that these differences are predicted by their parents' sensitivity to justice. Moreover, parental cognitive empathy is...
  
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• Older People Getting Smarter, But Not Fitter, Say Researchers

  01-09-2015 18:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyOlder populations are scoring better on cognitive tests than people of the same age did in the past -- a trend that could be linked to higher education rates and increased use of technology in our daily lives, say population researchers.
  
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• IBM Watson: What Are Companies Using It For?

  01-09-2015 18:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - BusinessIBM's cognitive computing system, Watson, is more than just a champion Jeopardy contestant. Here's how Watson is being used to power a variety of practical applications.
  
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• Yearlong Mock Mars Mission Will Test Mental Toll of Isolation

  01-09-2015 18:52 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceOn Friday (Aug. 28), six scientists left the comforts of civilization, set to be gone for an entire year. Their mission will simulate what it might be like for astronauts journeying to Mars. In the confines of a 36-foot-wide (11 meters) and 20-foot-high (6 m) solar-powered dome in a remote location on the island of Hawaii, the six team members will have to live together for 365 days. They will have no face-to-face contact with humans outside of...
  
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• New APA Policy Bans Psychologist Participation in Security Interrogations

  01-09-2015 18:52 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA MonitorAPA's Council of Representatives voted almost unanimously to prohibit psychologists from participating in national security interrogations. Its resolution states that psychologists "shall not conduct, supervise, be in the presence of, or otherwise assist any national security interrogations for any military or intelligence entities, including private contractors working on their behalf, nor advise on conditions of confinement insofar as these...
  
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• China Adopts Tougher Rules to Curb Tobacco Advertisements

  01-09-2015 18:52 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthChina enforced sweeping new rules on Tuesday to restrict tobacco advertisements, in its latest step to rein in a widespread habit that has caused a massive health crisis. More than 300 million people have made cigarettes part of the social fabric in the world's biggest producer and consumer of tobacco, and another 740 million are exposed to second-hand...
  
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• Americans Value Mental Health Care But Report Lacking Access

  01-09-2015 18:52 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportWhile most Americans believe mental and physical health care are equally important, about one-third see mental health care as inaccessible, and 40 percent see cost as a barrier to treatment, according to a new survey released Tuesday.
  
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• Television viewing linked to higher injury risk in hostile people

  01-09-2015 18:00
  
  People with hostile personality traits who watch more television than their peers may be at a greater risk for injury, potentially because they are more susceptible to the influence of television...
  
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• Psychotic patients distinguished from controls while watching movie Alice in Wonderland

  01-09-2015 18:00
  
  Researchers using fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) have found that even first-episodepsychotic* patients process information differently from a control group.
  
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• Clinical trial shows first treatment for 'emotional flatness' associated with schizophrenia

  01-09-2015 18:00
  
  Results of a clinical trial seem to show the first effective treatment for the negative symptoms - withdrawal, lack of emotion, and apathy - associated with schizophrenia.
  
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• 'But doctor, I'm not ill' - insight in psychotic patients

  01-09-2015 18:00
  
  How do you convince someone with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders that they are ill if they don't want to believe it?
  
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• Accuracy of dementia brain imaging must improve

  01-09-2015 17:35
  MRI scans and other tools to detect and diagnose dementia are helpful but not definitive. A new report evaluates how well different types of brain imaging tests work to detect Alzheimer's and predict how the disease will progress.The results show that the accuracy of brain imaging must be improved before it can be rolled out on a scale that could be useful to healthcare providers and patients.
  
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• Reading emotions in a second language

  01-09-2015 16:05
  If we read about someone who is smiling and happy, without realizing it, we smile as well. If, however, the text is not in our mother tongue but in a second language, then our mind and body react in a blander manner. This effect may depend on the different way we learn our mother tongue and a second language.
  
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• Possible new weapon against PTSD

  01-09-2015 16:05
  Animals who underwent chronic stress prior to a traumatic experience engaged a distinctive brain pathway that encodes traumatic memories more strongly than in unstressed animals, new research shows.
  
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• Parents' views on justice affect babies' moral development

  01-09-2015 16:05
  Babies' neural responses to morally charged scenarios are influenced by their parents' attitudes toward justice, new research shows. The developmental neuroscientists found that strong individual differences in the perception of prosocial and antisocial behaviors are present in children as young as 12 to 24 months old--and that these differences are predicted by their parents' sensitivity to justice. Moreover, parental cognitive empathy is linked to babies' willingness to share.
  
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• Close friendships in adolescence predict health in adulthood

  01-09-2015 09:00
  
  Teens are often warned to beware the undue influence of peer pressure, but new research suggests that following the pack in adolescence may have some unexpected benefits for physical health in early...
  
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• Where are the job openings for licensed psychologists?

  01-09-2015 07:00
  News from APA's Center for Workforce Studies.
  
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• When diagnosing depression, culture matters

  01-09-2015 07:00
  An APF grant is helping to support research that looks more closely at the link between depression
  and culture.
  
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• The changing workplace

  01-09-2015 07:00
  Researchers at the “Work, Stress
  and Health 2015” conference
  explored ways to improve and
  sustain employees’ well-being.
  
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• Study participants and informed consent

  01-09-2015 07:00
  Researchers have an ethical obligation to be sure that human participants are capable of making
  informed decisions when they are considering whether or not to be part of any study.
  
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• ‘Nurturing the gifts of every child’

  01-09-2015 07:00
  This year’s APA Golden Psi Award goes to a
  psychologist-designed public charter school in Florida.
  
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• New APA policy bans psychologist participation in national security interrogations

  01-09-2015 07:00
  Association takes strong stance in response to findings of independent review
  
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• Maureen Duncan

  01-09-2015 07:00
  A full-time mother researching graduate programs in nutrition science.
  
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• Invisible caregivers

  01-09-2015 07:00
  More than a million children and adolescents are caring for family
  members. What are the consequences for their development?
  
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• Fellows on Capitol Hill

  01-09-2015 07:00
  The 2014–15 APA/APF Congressional Fellows
  advanced national health priorities.
  
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• Candidates answer last questions

  01-09-2015 07:00
  Members will elect the association’s next president this fall.
  
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• Brilliant teaching

  01-09-2015 07:00
  Meet five PreK–12 teachers who put psychological
  science to work in their classrooms.
  
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• APA honors psychology’s stars

  01-09-2015 07:00
  The following awards were presented during APA’s 2015
  Annual Convention in Toronto, Aug. 6–9.
  
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• A new kind of smart

  01-09-2015 07:00
  It’s time to change the way we think about human potential, says Scott Barry Kaufman.
  
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• 20 key principles for teaching and learning

  01-09-2015 07:00
  An APA group has condensed the
  scientific literature into an easy-to-use
  resource for PreK–12 teachers.
  
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