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Cattell Fund Recipients Chase Big Breakthroughs
The James McKeen Cattell Fund has recognized Kerry Jordan, Kimberly Noble, and Elizabeth Ann Simpson as its 2021–2022 Sabbatical Fund Fellowship recipients. As recipients of Cattell Fund Fellowships,...
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New Research in Psychological Science
When Helping Is Risky: The Behavioral and Neurobiological Trade-off of Social and Risk PreferencesJörg Gross et al.This research identifies two broad factors that appear to influence individuals’...
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Assessing Attention in Category Learning by AnimalsEdward A. Wasserman and Leyre CastroHuman and nonhuman animals use attention to learn how different stimuli should be categorized differently....
View ArticleMonkeys Can Sense Their Own Heartbeat. That Could Be Good News for Psychiatry
You know when your own heart races—whether from a tarantula on your lap or a text message from a crush. And according to a new study, monkeys do, too. For the first time, scientists have found...
View ArticleTalking With Birds: The Fascinating World of Avian Intelligence
Can birds be as intelligent as chimpanzees or dolphins? Can they communicate and use language like a child would? Can they even outsmart undergraduate students? A line of research started more than...
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Four Scholars Pursue Diverse Research Through Cattell Sabbatical Awards
Photo above: Neuroscientist Jessica Cantlon, one of four 2022–2023 James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowship recipients, explains a math game to a participant. Photo credit: Carnegie Mellon University The...
View ArticleBattle of the Brains: Pigeon vs. AI Learning? It’s Pretty Similar
The champions of unclouded thought were recently put to the test in a study that sought to explore if an illogical puzzle could be more easily solved by an animal with the associative learning...
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New Research in Psychological Science
Responding to the Association for Psychological Science Strategic Plan, 2022–2027Patricia J. Bauer Editor-in-Chief Patricia Bauer announces several changes intended to ensure that research published...
View ArticleUncovering the Mystery of Why Dogs Might Look Like Their Owners
Whether you’re at the dog park or just taking a stroll around the block, you’ve surely seen this before: A pup who looks — almost uncannily — like a miniature version of the human holding its leash....
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Cattell Fund Projects Include Research on Children’s Executive Function,...
The James McKeen Cattell Fund has recognized APS Fellow Stephanie M. Carlson, C. Daryl Cameron, Robert Hampton, and Kevin Holmes as recipients of its Sabbatical Fund Fellowship for 2023–2024....
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