Overreaching has become the new American sport, financial hubris the new market psychology.
"Humans can only concentrate for 45 minutes at a time, " declares Doris Jeanette, a psychologist with the Center for New Psychology in Philadelphia.
"The tradition had been declining until recently because the pastors were aged and not attracting new believers, " said Ralph Hood, a psychology professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga who has written about the practice.
"Up to fairly recently, these kids have been considered delinquents because they're committing crimes, " said Kimberly Mitchell, a psychology professor at the University of New Hampshire's Crimes against Children Research Center.
Both the specialists and the volunteer recruits on board learn something new about themselves and about our century, but they also learn about the psychology and the sheer physical hardships of life for the 18th century sailor.
The new, more dynamic picture of the brain makes psychology even more crucial.
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Taylor, a distinguished professor of psychology at UCLA and senior author of the new research, which appears Dec. 3 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
New research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that presidents and psychopaths share a psychological trait that may shed light on what made Teddy such a unique character.
Research in the fields of cognitive neuroscience and educational psychology is rapidly bringing new insights into how we learn and retain information and how these differences between individuals can be designed into education, not ignored.
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While such a step may seem intrusive and unnecessary, Nass, who specializes in the social psychology of technology and explores similar themes in a new book, The Man Who Lied to His Laptop: How Computers Can Teach Us About Human Relationships, says the potential benefits are vast.
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Surrounded by computers and handheld devices at work and at home, people are accustomed to having e-mail within reach nearly all day, making it hard to shift gears on vacation, says Kate Muller, director of psychology training at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York.
Ariely, 43, a professor of psychology and behavioral economics, is among the most creative of a new breed of social scientists charting the numerous ways our psychological quirks cause us to deviate from rational behavior.
With the new pope being himself a trained scientist -- Francis graduated as a chemical technician before moving on to study philosophy, psychology and theology -- the timing could be right for a new era of cooperation between the Vatican and science, building on the work of the STOQ Project -- Science, Theology and the Ontological Quest -- which was created by Pope John Paul II in 2003.
"You want to be slow and reciprocal, " says Arthur Aron, professor of psychology at Stony Brook University, in New York, who developed the protocol.
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"Don't worry if you don't have the answers, " says Deborah Tolman, professor of social welfare and psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, the City University of New York.
Also, kids get better at concealing lies as they grow older, says researcher Angela Crossman, an associate professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at City University of New York.
Last week I had the privilege of seeing Daniel Kahneman, professor of psychology at Princeton University, speak in New York.
Dr George Fieldman, principal lecturer in psychology at Buckingham New University, said there could be evolutionary benefits to possessing the 334 variant.
D. in psychology Jan began her career in the field of international affairs at the African-American Institute in New York.
Where engineering in the 1880s organized itself around lines suggested by the physical sciences, the new technologists are organizing in new ways, along lines suggested by the cognitive, aesthetic and social sciences and arts: computer science, psychology, social psychology, user-experience and design.
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