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Eight psychological scientists have been selected as the recipients of the 2020 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award. The recipients are Dylan Gee (Yale University), who studies the neural mechanisms underlying
By Steven Petrow
Contributing columnist
Dec. 1, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. PST
You can become a kinder person. Even in this angry, stressed-out era. Yes, really.
Many organizations are focused on doing just that. Take Bridge the Divide, which facilitates
By Laura L. Carstensen
November 29, 2019 at 11:24 a.m. PST
Laura L. Carstensen, a professor of psychology, is the director of the Stanford Center on Longevity.
It’s time to get serious about a major redesign of life. Thirty years were added to
TEDMED 2020
Boston, March 2-4 2020
In this video, Stanford University professor, athlete, and psychologist Alia Crum, PhD, discusses how our mindset can affect health behaviors and outcomes.
Following is a transcript of her remarks. Note: TEDMED
APS Fellow Lee Ross jokes that the scientific term he’s famous for, Ross’s fundamental attribution error, sounds as if he’s the one who made the error.
More than 40 years ago, the Stanford University social psychologist coined the term to describe