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Left-wing authoritarians share key psychological traits with far right, Emory study finds
“Having clarity about the appeal of authoritarianism may be relevant to help better understand what’s going on in the political landscape today,” says Thomas Costello, an Emory graduate student of…
Evolutionary theory prediction: Response rate as a joint function of reinforcement rate and reinforcer magnitude
Emory Psychology Professor Dr. Jack McDowell in the Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Read the full paper here.
We know more than we ever learned: Processes involved in accumulation of world knowledge
Dr. Patricia J. Bauer, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Psychology in Child Development Perspectives. Read the full paper here.
Developmental differences in reactivation underlying self-derivation of new knowledge through memory integration
The first author on this research article is Dr. Hillary Miller-Goldwater, who is a postdoctoral fellow in the Bauer Memory Lab. Published in Cognitive Psychology. Read the full article here.
Genetic risks for nicotine dependence span a range of traits and diseases
“Genetic studies may help reduce some of the stigma society has against substance use disorders, while also making treatment more accessible,” says Victoria Risner, first author of the new study…
Scott Lilienfeld Memorialized as ‘One of the most influential figures in contemporary Clinical Psychology.’
His contributions were prodigious and spanned psychopathy and personality disorders, psychiatric classification and diagnosis, dissociation, memory and trauma, neuroscience and cultural sensitivity. Dr. Lilienfeld’s memorial was published in APA PsycArticles,…
Study shows adaptive brain response to stress, and its absence in people with depression
“Learning more about how acute stress and chronic stress affect the brain may help in the development of treatment targets for depression,” says Jessica Cooper, first author of the study…
Even children think money can be ‘dirty’ money, study finds
Experiments led by Emory psychologist Arber Tasimi found that children prefer non-stolen money offered by a “bad” person over stolen money offered by an “okay” person. Read the full article…
CONCAVITY AS A DIAGNOSTIC FEATURE OF VISUAL SCENES
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