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• Parents of children with serious heart defects may be at risk of PTSD

  01-02-2017 22:22
  Many parents -- particularly mothers -- of children born with serious heart defects have symptoms of post-traumatic stress, anxiety or depression. Since compromised parental mental health can lead to long-term health and behavioral problems in children, a new study calls for additional research on the severity and persistence of parental mental health problems and to develop screening and training for parents as part of pediatric cardiac care.
  
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• Social biases contribute to challenges for those with autism

  01-02-2017 21:06
  Negative first impressions formed by potential social partners may reduce the quality of social experiences for people with autism, new research concludes. In the study, non-autistic participants reported their first impressions of individuals with autism from videos of them during social interaction.
  
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• Teens, young adults explore differently

  01-02-2017 18:15
  Adolescents don't necessarily have 'faulty' decision-making, psychologists have discovered. They simply value different kinds of information. The researchers found that young adults do more 'directed exploration,' or exploration driven by information seeking, than teens.
  
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• Wearable AI system can detect a conversation's tone

  01-02-2017 17:06
  Scientists have developed an artificially intelligent, wearable system that can predict if a conversation is happy, sad, or neutral based on a person's speech patterns and vitals. Coupled with audio and vital-sign data, deep-learning system could someday serve as a 'social coach' for people with anxiety or Asperger's, they say.
  
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• How Universities Are Responding to President Trump's Travel Ban

  01-02-2017 16:50 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Social Psychology Network NewsAs legal minds across the country work to interpret Trump’s executive order, so do colleges and universities.
  
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• U.S. College Offers "Refugee Scholarship" After Muslim Ban

  01-02-2017 16:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Social Psychology Network NewsA college in Massachusetts is countering President Donald Trump by offering a scholarship to students that come from one of the seven predominately Muslim countries recently placed on an immigration ban list. Wheaton College’s “refugee scholarship” will prioritize students seeking immediate entrance to the U.S., in the hope that the ban will be lifted soon.
  
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• Eating Disorders Rampant on the Runway

  01-02-2017 16:41 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportOver half of models surveyed said they'd been asked to lose weight or change their body shape.
  
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• African American Kids Suffer Death of Parents at High Rate

  01-02-2017 16:41 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthBy the time they turned 10 years old, black children born in the U.S. in the 1980s were three times more likely than white children to have lost their mothers and twice as likely to have lost their fathers, a new study shows.
  
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• Virtual Reality Could Aid Early Detection of Schizophrenia

  01-02-2017 16:40 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyA pioneering new study has developed a new, 'mirror game' test using computer avatars to accurately detect specific variations in how patients move and interact socially -- well-documented characteristics of the mental disorder.
  
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• Low Social Rank Bigger Health Risk Than Obesity, Study Suggests

  01-02-2017 16:40 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesPeople on the bottom rung of the socioeconomic ladder may live two years less on average than those at the top, according to a large-scale study published Wednesday.
  
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• Former U.S. Vice President Launching Foundation for Equal Rights

  01-02-2017 16:14 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Time MagazineThe Biden Foundation will be aimed at promoting equal rights.
  
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• Early signs of anxiety, depression may be evident in the brains of newborns

  01-02-2017 15:27
  Early predictors of anxiety and depression may be evident in the brain even at birth, suggests a new study.
  
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• How to Change Your Attitude and Waistline When You Can’t Change Your Situation

  01-02-2017 14:00 via pr.com
  The Mind Body Synergy "Diet" identifies fundamental principles in both Ancient and Current Research, providing a Practical System for Mastering Mindfulness and Weight Loss. There are just Six Habits, implemented in 30 days, including over 60 healthy and delicious recipes by well-known Chefs and Nutritionists. Refined and tested over 18 years, this program has thousands of success stories. [PR.com]
  
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• Why are dreams of flying so common when it is so alien to us?

  01-02-2017 12:30
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsDreaming that one can levitate or even fly seem to be near universal. Can anyone throw light on why something that presumably cannot have any basis in our evolutionary past should be so common to our unconscious selves? For me at least, when I have such dreams they always seem completely real (though my dreaming self is always suprised at
  
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• Cross Section: Uta Frith – Science Weekly podcast

  01-02-2017 08:30
  
  Nicola Davis sits down with Professor Uta Frith to talk autism, passion, rebellion and the role of women in science Subscribe & Review on iTunes, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud & AcastIn a career that spans almost five decades, Uta Frith, now an emeritus professor of cognitive development at University College London, and chair of the Diversity Committee at the Royal Society, is a name synonymous with the leaps and bounds seen in recent research into autism and other neurodevelopmental
  
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• Weaving an international view into psychology education

  01-02-2017 06:00
  A look at how faculty and students are gaining a more global perspective
  
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• Victory in Texas: Interns can get paid for services

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Persistent advocacy by Texas psychologists helps clinch the win
  
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• The men America left behind

  01-02-2017 06:00
  They suffer from the the largest shortfall of jobs. Their mortality rate has been rising. What are psychologists doing to help?
  
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• Priorities for the new Congress and Trump administration

  01-02-2017 06:00
  APA and its companion organization voice their recommendations on health-care reform
  
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• Postdoc opportunities abound, if you know where to look

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Thanks to APPIC, searching for a health service psychology postdoc just got a lot easier
  
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• Missing: A key patient safeguard

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Mental health advance directives direct people’s preferences for mental health treatment, but legal concerns have prevented their widespread adoption
  
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• Let's not be friends: A risk of Facebook

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Does Facebook suggest your client "may know" your sister or best friend? Recommendation algorithms on social media may be putting your clients' confidentiality at risk.
  
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• Lessons for caregiving

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Psychologists’ research points to ways to improve the experience of caregiving, as well as to the unexpected benefits of providing such care
  
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• How psychology can do more to prevent abuse of people with disabilities

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Maltreatment of people with disabilities is a preventable tragedy
  
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• How long does it take to earn a research doctorate in psychology?

  01-02-2017 06:00
  News from APA's Center for Workforce Studies
  
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• Help for children in war-torn areas

  01-02-2017 06:00
  An APA journal explores interventions for the most vulnerable victims of armed conflict
  
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• From 'Obamacare' to 'Our Nation's Care'?

  01-02-2017 06:00
  How psychology could improve health care
  
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• Finding your dream psychology career

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Don’t want to go into practice, research or teaching? Here’s how to find a nontraditional career that uses your expertise and sparks your interest.
  
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• Emotional survival skills for physicians in training

  01-02-2017 06:00
  With the help of a psychologist, medical residents are learning how to cope with trauma and stress on the job
  
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• Eminent psychologists honored with fellow status

  01-02-2017 06:00
  APA adds 71 members to its roll of top achievers
  
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• Dispersing psychology in the national media

  01-02-2017 06:00
  As an author, public speaker and television personality, Elizabeth Lombardo promotes the tools of psychology that can help people thrive in daily life
  
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• By the numbers: Lifelong learning

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Nearly three-quarters of American adults consider themselves “lifelong learners”—here’s why
  
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• APF welcomes new president

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Terence M. Keane is building on the tremendous success of Dorothy W. Cantor in creating innovative ways to fund new psychologists
  
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• A growing wave of online therapy

  01-02-2017 06:00
  The flexible nature of these services benefit clients and providers, but the onus is on psychologists to make sure they comply with federal and state laws
  
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• 4 questions for Cathy Spatz Widom

  01-02-2017 06:00
  The psychologist and criminology professor has been conducting longitudinal research on abused and neglected children for 30 years—work that has helped to shape policy
  
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• 10 tips for speaking like a Ted Talk pro

  01-02-2017 06:00
  Advice from the experts on how to make any presentation sing
  
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