Why Wait? The Science Behind Procrastination
WEBMar 29, 2013 · The idea is that procrastinators calculate the fluctuating utility of certain activities: pleasurable ones have more value early on, and tough tasks become more important as a deadline approaches. Psychologists like Ferrari and Pychyl, on the other hand, see flaws in such a strictly temporal view of procrastination.
Association for Psychological Science – APS
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Psychological Science – Association for Psychological Science – APS
WEBPsychological Science, the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science, is the leading peer-reviewed journal publishing empirical research spanning the entire spectrum of the science of psychology.The journal publishes high quality research articles of general interest and on important topics spanning …
Conventions & Events – Association for Psychological Science – APS
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The Mechanics of Choice - Association for Psychological Science
WEBDec 28, 2011 · Psychological scientists have been interested in how people make decisions for several decades, but philosophers and economists have been studying decision making for centuries. The most famous scholarly consideration of making a decision in cases when all the facts aren’t on hand is that of Blaise Pascal. In 1670, in his Pensées, the French ...
The Psychological Study of Smiling
WEBIn a more recent study, published this year in Psychological Science, Ernest Abel and Michael Kruger of Wayne State University extended this line of research from emotional outcomes to a biological one: longevity. Abel and Kruger rated the smiles of professional baseball players captured in a 1952 yearbook, then determined each player’s age ...
Interoception: How We Understand Our Body’s Inner Sensations
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Journals – Association for Psychological Science – APS
WEBAPS Journals Are Going Digital in 2023: A message from CEO Robert Gropp to APS Members. Publishing six prestigious scientific journals has always been, and continues to be, one of the most effective means of promoting, protecting, and advancing the science of psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of.
How Technology Shapes Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions
WEBJul 17, 2018 · In a Cross-Cutting Theme Program at the 30 th APS Annual Convention, speakers presented interdisciplinary work on the ways technology shapes learning, attention, behavior, and our social lives from childhood through old age. Technology Meets Neuroscience. Technology is allowing neuroscientist Melina Uncapher of University of California, San ...
How Culture Affects the Way We Think
WEBAug 1, 2007 · Wang’s research shows that culture affects the amount of detail one recalls, the reference to individuals themselves or other people and social context, and the ability to retrieve the memory after an elapsed time period. Wang said that “the remembering of the self is a cultural process that gives rise to both commonality and diversity in ...