Monitor on Psychology - July/August 2012

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brainsinour
How air pollution
affects our cognition
and mental health

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Psychology’s ‘ideas worth
spreading’

Psychologists are reaching millions through TED talks.

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Gold-medal psychology Sport psychologists are helping elite athletes prepare for the 2012 London Olympic games.

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The psychology of HIV/AIDS prevention At a conference co-sponsored by APA, psychologists emphasize that behavioral interventions are essential to slowing Washington, D.C.’s AIDS epidemic.

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Plan now for these convention
sessions
APA’s directorates recommend several
not-to-miss programs at APA’s 2012
Annual Convention, Aug. 2–5, in
Orlando, Fla.

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Psychology’s peace builders

Members of APA’s Div. 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence) are conducting research and working in the field to understand how conflicts arise and help end the violence.

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And the answer is … The five candidates for APA’s 2014 president answer two more questions, this month — on the nation’s changing demographics and the impact of technology on psychology.